US demands to Europe in the field of equipment is not a new issue. On the contrary, it dates back to the Cold War era, with the tension culminating in when Charles de Gaulle stood up to NATO. America demanded that Europeans take on more responsibility, to be equipped, to reject agreements with the Soviet Union, to indulge in Soviet spy hunting, to send troops where needed – and the list is long. Following the collapse of the USSR and the narrative of communist risk, the US blocked the UK-France defense cooperation signed in 1998 and demanded that European countries were buying US defense programs. In the first decade of the 21st century, defensive relations went through “forty waves”, as there was no great enemy. Thus, Washington intervened with fair or unfair means to prevent the “apostasy” of European states from the US defense program – including Greece – or the reduction of weapons market. By the […]
Source: News Beast
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