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Permalink Reply by MAC on August 2, 2022 at 4:09pm

What would our founders have done

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Permalink Reply by Parrhesia on August 2, 2022 at 6:05pm

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them."

 “Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.”

George Washington's Farewell Address

Seems a 74-year NATO alliance would be frowned upon and to have the headquarters here really cements the permanency of the relationship.

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