[alephnerd]

Functionally, us not participating in defense coordination mechanisms is the equivalent of leaving NATO, as we would not be able to unify response.

[cvwright]

By that logic, the European members who didn’t meet their defense spending obligations for years and years have already left NATO too.

[alephnerd]

That's the implication the administration is trying to force.

Basically, we are leaving Europe because we no longer have a commitment there and concentrate on Asia and the Americas.

This has been a stated policy objective of ours for almost 2 decades now.