“We’ve never needed them [NATO] … They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan … and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the frontlines.”
What's the difference between Donald Trump and Nato, somebody said on Bluesky. "Donald Trump would never put on a uniform to defend the United States."
Part of what's troubling about this stupid cruel insult is that vast numbers of Americans will presume it is true. Canadian historian Marc Milner's recent book Second Front is a close examination of how most American historians have tended to downplay non-American contributions to the D-Day landings and pretty much the whole of World War II.
Even now, many Americans cling to their bizarre faith that America alone represents freedom and democracy and remains a lonely beacon to the world.
