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New figures show that Canadian military spending will be cut significantly, even as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to face U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands for higher NATO military spending at the alliance's summit in Brussels.
According to the CBC, Canada will spend around 1.23 percent of its GDP on defense in 2018, down from 1.36 percent last year. This is far below the 2 percent target set for NATO members, which has been a particular bugbear for the American president.
I heard that particular odd word, "bugbear" used by other media as well. Where are they getting this?
The role of NATO is not only to protect Westernized European countries, it is in place to protect all borders of the Northern Atlantic countries from threat. For example, Canada is in Latvia protecting those borders from Russia invasion.
Let's suppose that the USA withdraws from NATO. Let's suppose that Russia decides that it wasn't enough to annex Crimea, but that it's better to one-by-one annex all Western European countries and the UK. Keep in mind that Crimea was annexed by Russia even with the USA participation in NATO, so think carefully about this.
Let's suppose that Russia takes control of Western Europe. That is an extremely powerful force for Canada and the USA to deal with. Given the USA attacks on Canada, even that alliance is weakened.
Trump's actions are foolish beyond belief, and it would be borderline idiotic to believe that the USA has nothing to lose if it does not act to prevent Russia from annexing more European countries. If you don't believe that it is possible, look at Crimea.
let them pay for their defense. Why should we carry most of the cost for their defense? didn't we bail them out enough during WW 2 and the Cold War with blood and revenue?
the European Union has a GDP of 17,308,862 .....we have a GDP of 19,390,600. You think they can put up more of their cost of defense.
Trump doesn't want to withdraw from NATO, he wants them for once to carry their load.
you say ignorant things that Russia can invade European countries when their GDP is only 1,527,469 #12 in the world behind South Korea, Canada, Italy, Brazil, India, and Japan.
I was going to buy another Dodge Challenger until I remembered it is a Mexican Engine in a Canadian Car. Since both of those countries hate us because Trump wants to stop the trade imbalance I think I will buy something else. Boycotting Canada, Mexico and I am going to laugh when China implodes by trying to screw with us on a trade war.
We can and should pull out our manufacturing equipment out of mothballs and bring manufacturing back to America.
Trump was peacocking when he iembraced North Korea and badmouthing Canada throughout the visit. Today he is badmouthing NATO and in a couple of days he will embrace Russia. Is he thinking that he only wants to be friends with other big countries? Does he really think he has a leg to stand on as third largest heavily populated country talking to the largest country in the world?
Russia, like North Korea, will tell Trump exactly what he wants to hear, they'll make demands in return, nothing will change except two dangerous countries see Trump's weakness.
I was going to buy another Dodge Challenger until I remembered it is a Mexican Engine in a Canadian Car. Since both of those countries hate us because Trump wants to stop the trade imbalance I think I will buy something else. Boycotting Canada, Mexico and I am going to laugh when China implodes by trying to screw with us on a trade war.
We can and should pull out our manufacturing equipment out of mothballs and bring manufacturing back to America.
Just wanted to say that I've spoken with some Canadians (probably Trump supporters) who think Trump is doing the right thing. Like you down there, we up here, are not monolithic in our thinking. I've recently even wondered if we might need a friendly American invasion to save us from ourselves.
let them pay for their defense. Why should we carry most of the cost for their defense? didn't we bail them out enough during WW 2 and the Cold War with blood and revenue?
the European Union has a GDP of 17,308,862 .....we have a GDP of 19,390,600. You think they can put up more of their cost of defense.
Trump doesn't want to withdraw from NATO, he wants them for once to carry their load.
you say ignorant things that Russia can invade European countries when their GDP is only 1,527,469 #12 in the world behind South Korea, Canada, Italy, Brazil, India, and Japan.
Western Europeans can and do pay for their defense. All NATO countries are on track to meet the 2% GDP defense commitment guideline by 2024. Thing is, each European country, or EU collective, cannot defend against Russia regardless of how much they spend on defense.
German scientists contacted the USA to warn about the atomic bomb in 1943-ish and it was mainly Europeans who designed and built the bomb in the USA. Europe needed at least one other powerful country to have the atomic bomb, they chose the USA. The USA saw the benefit of preventing Russia from taking control of all Northern Atlantic countries.
Not sure what is going on today, but the big picture is definitely missing from White House propaganda. Anyone who argues money, when that was never the reason for NATO, cannot see the consequence of making decisions based solely on money.
It must have been so bizarre for everyone else at the table for a photo op, thinking about terrorism and migration, and Trump belligerently attacks Germany for building a pipeline with Russia. Does no one brief the man?
Hell, why quit there ? Let's bomb the **** out of them !
When we start attacking one of our closest and oldest friends, that shows you the mentality of Trump and his back up singers. The idiot is poisoning our reputation all over the globe.
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