A NATO 3.0, modeled on the NATO 1.0 that won the Cold War, with our allies actually taking the lead in Europe's conventional defense. And that's what NATO was always supposed to be and what its framers, like President Eisenhower always expected. Europe was not supposed to be a dependency of the United States. That's not what Winston Churchill or Charles de Gaulle or Conrad Adenauer wanted or expected. No. Europe was supposed to be a military power allied with a strong America. (18:12–18:17)
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Asserts that Europe should not rely on the U.S. for defense.
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