He used the phrase "foreign entanglements" in the same speech. He was especially concerned about "permanent alliances."
At the time we were still "entangled" in the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France. Washington was alarmed by the turn the French Revolution had taken; his fears were confirmed two years after he left office. By then France not only wasn't our ally, it was our undeclared enemy in the Napoleonic-War-related "Quasi-War," blockading and commandeering our ships trading with Britain. (The treaty was finally abrogated in 1800.)
Since then we've entered into only one other permanent alliance: the NATO treaty of 1949. Once more we're trapped in an alliance with a foreign power that is no longer our ally. (As YaBooiJacob says.) In case the EU's hostility to the US isn't clear enough from their constant assaults on Trump and his "nationalism," they're talking seriously about forming an EU army. I.e., moving toward their own brand of nationalism via a rival army to NATO.
It's time to disentangle ourselves from this totalitarian superstate.
He used the phrase "foreign entanglements" in the same speech. He was especially concerned to avoid permanent alliances.
At the time we were still "entangled" in the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France. Two years after Washington left office France not only wasn't our ally, it was our undeclared enemy in the Napoleonic-War-related "Quasi-War," blockading and commandeering our ships trading with Britain.
There has been only one permanent alliance since then: the NATO treaty of 1949. Once more we're trapped in an alliance with a foreign power that is no longer our ally. (As YaBooiJacob says.) In case the EU's hostility to the US isn't clear enough from their constant assaults on Trump and "nationalism," they're talking seriously about forming an EU army. I.e., moving toward their own brand of nationalism via a rival army to NATO.
It's time to disentangled ourselves from this totalitarian superstate.
He used the phrase "foreign entanglements" in the same speech. He was especially concerned to avoid permanent alliances.
At the time we were still "entangled" by the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France. (It was rescinded in 1800.)
There has been only one permanent alliance since then: the NATO treaty of 1949. We're now trapped in an alliance with a foreign power that is no longer our ally. (As YaBooiJacob says.) In case the EU's hostility to the US isn't clear enough from their constant assaults on Trump and "nationalism," they're talking seriously about forming an EU army. I.e., moving toward their own brand of nationalism via a rival army to NATO.
It's time to disentangle ourselves from this totalitarian superstate.
He used the phrase "foreign entanglements" in the same speech. He was especially concerned to avoid permanent alliances.
At the time we were still "entangled" by the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France. (It was rescinded in 1800.)
There has been only one permanent alliance since then: the NATO treaty of 1949. This has entangled us in an alliance with a foreign power that is no longer our ally. (As YaBooiJacob says.) In case the EU's hostility to the US isn't clear enough from their constant assaults on Trump and "nationalism," they're talking seriously about forming an EU army. I.e., moving toward their own brand of nationalism via a rival army to NATO.
It's time to disentangle ourselves from this totalitarian superstate.