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Marco Rubio assures European allies of transatlantic loyalty at Munich Security Conference: ‘We are part of one civilization – Western civilization'
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reassured European allies at a national security conference in Munich, Germany, that the U.S. cares “deeply” about the transatlantic alliance, emphasizing shared Western values.
The 62nd Annual Munich Security Conference coincided with the Valentine’s Day holiday on Saturday, where Rubio delivered remarks for about half an hour.
Rubio declared at the conference that the United States’ “destiny is and always will be intertwined” with Europe’s, because “the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own.”
He argued that the conference’s titular subject of discussion, national security, is not merely technical in nature or a series of questions and answers.
“The fundamental question we must answer at the outset is what exactly are we defending?” said Rubio. “Because armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history, confident of its future, and aims to always be the master of its own economic and political destiny.”
“We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who together with us are willing and able to defend it.”
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/marco-rubio-assures-european-allies-of-transatlantic-loyalty-at-munich-security-conference-we-are-part-of-one-civilization-western-civilization/
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reassured European allies at a national security conference in Munich, Germany, that the U.S. cares “deeply” about the transatlantic alliance, emphasizing shared Western values.
The 62nd Annual Munich Security Conference coincided with the Valentine’s Day holiday on Saturday, where Rubio delivered remarks for about half an hour.
Rubio declared at the conference that the United States’ “destiny is and always will be intertwined” with Europe’s, because “the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own.”
He argued that the conference’s titular subject of discussion, national security, is not merely technical in nature or a series of questions and answers.
“The fundamental question we must answer at the outset is what exactly are we defending?” said Rubio. “Because armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history, confident of its future, and aims to always be the master of its own economic and political destiny.”
“We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who together with us are willing and able to defend it.”
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/marco-rubio-assures-european-allies-of-transatlantic-loyalty-at-munich-security-conference-we-are-part-of-one-civilization-western-civilization/
