Last Wednesday, U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced a new bill that would require the United States to withdraw from the post-WWII international military alliance.

The bill, which Lee named the “Not A Trusted Organization (NATO) Act,” would require the president to provide notice of the United States’ withdrawal from the treaty and prohibit the use of U.S. funds from going to NATO budgets.

In a statement, Lee said the departure from NATO is “long overdue.”

“NATO has run its course — the threats that existed at its inception are no longer relevant 76 years later,” the statement read. “If they were, Europe would be paying their fair share instead of making American taxpayers pick up the check for decades. My legislation will put America first by withdrawing us from the raw deal NATO has become.”

It came after the Brussels elite rejected the 28 point peace plan (see earlier post) from Washington with silly counterproposals they knew the Russians will not accept. “We will only agree to peace if Ukraine becomes a de facto NATO member (Article 5).” Mike Lee calls the Europeans notions “crazy, suicidal, and escalatory.”

More on the Salt Lake Tribune website.