End the NATO Scam

It's been 20 years since the cold war ended, and we're still "defending" our European allies – against a threat that no longer exists. We pay 70% of the costs of NATO, while our "allies" take long vacations and lollygag on the Riviera. Nice work if you can get it! A bigger scam has yet to be conceived – and yet they get away with it. Foreign lobbyists and the arms industry pay off our politicians and the media looks the other way.

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