US Exit from NATO?

[Valmy]

I think we're all mostly talking past each other...the core issue is that those who authored the system (arguably this can said for all liberal democratic institutions) didn't expect a totally corrupt and ethically bankrupt Executive branch to align with a party that is totally corrupt and ethically bankrupt in control of the Legislative branch.

In this case, that just leaves the weaker Judicial branch nothing to do but fight a partisan delaying action until the next elections.

I guess we will see if Congress can do anything about it if the Dems win in November.

[mongers]

Interesting podcast about Iceland's defence dilemma:


In Iceland's Defence

Iceland is one of the few nations without a national military. Its security relies on international alliances and a civilian defence force. Is this a sustainable strategy?

Iceland is an island of great beauty and even greater strategic importance. Its position in the Greenland Iceland UK Gap, the gateway between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, makes it crucial to Nato operations in the High North.

But Iceland is one of the few nations in the world with no military of its own. A country of approximately 400,000 people, its security relies on the umbrella of protection it derives from being a founding member of NATO, a bilateral agreement with the United States signed in 1951 and a highly skilled coast guard and police force. In a climate of fracturing political alliances, is entrusting national defence so heavily on the guarantees of allies a sustainable strategy? Sandra Kanthal travelled to Reykjavik to find out.