US and Europe have greatly benefited from NATO since its foundation, gaining countless opportunities, retired US Brigadier-General Peter Zwack says.
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00:00Peter, just quickly I wanted to just step in there to ask you but doesn't
00:04President Trump have a point here? We're talking about these alliances that have
00:09been in place for years but he's been adamant even in his first term about
00:15Europe spending more on defense and it's taken until now for them to announce the
00:21spending plans and to bolster the region. Do you think Europe has been
00:28relying far too much on the US? It's a good question, it's a
00:35nuanced question. We could say that but just remember what Europe looked
00:45like in 1946, it was prostrate and yes Marshall Plan and a lot of other things
00:52were built both on the military and humanitarian side. Yes it may have
00:58created some dependencies but at the same point I will submit that we for the
01:06United States and its military allies, these things also were
01:16good for American business and we were not totally taken advantage of. We had
01:25allies, one of the most precious things in the world.