Rep. Massie Introduces Bill to Remove the United States from NATO
massie.house.gov"Our Constitution did not authorize permanent foreign entanglements." Worried about the Constitution, are we? Well, it doesn’t authorize standing armies either - yet here we are.
It also required a well-regulated militia to handle all those guns. That's how it was going to do without that standing army.
The Constitution doesn’t require a well-regulated militia - it simply says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The militia is mentioned as a reason, not a condition.
It clearly says a well regulated militaries is necessary for the security of a free state. You can dither on whether the Constitution establishes a secure state or a free one, but the syllogism is there
The militia is mentioned first, but I’m not an English major who is able to parse old sentences. The militia is “necessary” so they need to know where the, erm, candidates are located and what they pack.
Go for it. This allows the remaining NATO members to proceed with their own defence and more importantly, their own hardware and guidelines. And, to be honest, the US prefers Russia to NATO which makes it inconvenient.
Not going to be all that good for US defence contractors, but they'll figure something out.