Ramon Marks, a famous lawyer accepted as one of the Republican Party’s ombudsmen in the US, wrote about the party backstage talks about NATO in both houses of the US Congress (Senate and House of Representatives). Marks revealed that almost the entire party shared the views of presidential candidate Donald Trump. Trump had stated that if NATO’s European members did not increase their defense budgets, the US would not protect Europe, would provoke Russia to attack NATO and could remove the US from NATO. Ramon Marks also claimed in his article that if he were re-elected, Trump would get the entire party behind him and make this rhetoric more violent.
PROBLEM EUROPE
In his article titled “NATO’s real problem is not the US but Europe” published in The National Interest, world-famous Republican Party lawyer Ramon Marks expressed his party’s thoughts on the subject in Congress. According to the information in Marks’ article, which conveys what is being said behind the scenes, Republicans believe that for 75 years the burden of defense in NATO has fallen on the shoulders of the United States, and that while Europe’s wealth and resources have increased in the process, its defense budgets and military capabilities have remained “unbalancedly weak.” They emphasize.
KOSOVO BROUGHT ANGER
According to Republicans, while the US budget in NATO is increasing, the budgets of European members are decreasing. According to Marks, anger began to build in the Republican Party in the 1990s against budget injustice in NATO. During this period, the inaction of NATO’s European members in the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo and the inadequate military capability in the region angered Republican Party senators. Party members, who believed that the US had to intervene in these wars, also noted France’s stance. European politicians, led by France, refused to send troops to Kosovo, which had become a bloodbath and required urgent intervention, and insisted that the United Nations Security Council should first approve NATO military intervention.
THEY DON’T SUPPORT
Republicans believe that since the European Union (EU) established the Military Committee and the EU Political and Security Committee, NATO has shown less and less support for its European members. Republicans say that NATO’s European members have become less and less supportive of US interventions in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the fight against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Republicans are also angered by the fact that, despite the EU’s rhetoric about common defense, no concrete army has been established.
THEY ARE BEHIND TRUMP
According to inside information, Republicans stand behind Donald Trump’s words and threats about NATO. According to US Department of Defense data, countries that will reach the 2 percent NATO defense participation budget target this year are Eastern European countries that recently joined the alliance and large economies such as Germany, Spain or Italy, which are still far from this goal.
MACRON IS ALSO ON TARGET
Republicans also believe that European NATO members have taken a back seat to attacks against the Houthis, even in the Red Sea, and are “putting this task on the shoulders of the US Navy.” Republicans call for a “new hybrid agreement” between EU members and NATO if all these inequalities are not corrected. they want. The party’s members are also demanding a tough response to French President Emmanuel Macron, who has frequently criticized NATO and the dominant role of the United States in the alliance.
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