The era of hard choices has thus arrived, writes TomRTweets. 'Retaining the U.S. nuclear deterrent and ground forces umbrella for NATO, Biden should recognize that the U.S. cannot do everything it wants everywhere it wants.'
Two of the moves, announced by the White House on Wednesday, are positive. One is the permanent deployment of an Army V Corps command post to Poland. This represents an overdue shift of forces from Germany to Poland. Unlike Berlin, Warsaw is a highly reliable U.S. ally. Also praiseworthy is the deployment of an additional Army brigade to Eastern Europe.
To be clear, Biden's motive is pure. He wants to secure treaty allies against future Russian aggression. In equal measure, Biden wants to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin by reminding him that America's commitment to NATO is ironclad. In an ideal world, these deployments would thus be worthy of support. But this is not an ideal world. Well-intentioned as they might be, Biden's new deployments are a big mistake.
When it comes to the first concern, the White House's fact sheet isn't terribly factual. After all, the White House claims that"many allies now spend well above NATO’s benchmark of 2% of Gross Domestic Product, which is increasingly seen as a floor and not a ceiling. Nine allies will meet or exceed this commitment this year, 19 allies have clear plans to meet it by 2024, and an additional five allies have made concrete commitments to meet it thereafter.
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