EU NATO Allies have increased Defence Spending by US $87 billion since 2014 - Three times what the US Spends on Europe (Iraq, middle east)
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10 years is ridiculous. Trump is right to demand a faster pace. In 2024, if you wait, they'll just have more excuses.
Why is it ridiculous? The only time that NATO required nations to come t9 a members defense was to defend the United States. If the NATO countries all reached the 2% immediately 8t would not save the American taxpayers a penny, and it is an organization of nations where the President of the &SA is not the boss. You are asking countries to ignore a negotiated agreement and be bossed around by a single nation.
If you want that money spent immediately please lay out a sensible plan for just one member, Canada, to spend 20 billion dollars by the end of March on 8ts military. 8f equipment also lay out the plan to have its storage, maintenance and training done within that time period. You may need to spend more than 20 billion if our economy booms ,
The 2% is the plan laid out so that nations can use long term planning to build up their militaries in a reasonable and considered method s9 that 8t is money well spent not simply spent. That Trump ran promising an even larger spending on military even though the US already spends 4 times the amount that the next largest spender China. He was not elected chief of NATO countries nor does he have the right to demand it spent now.
N9, neither Trump nor American citizens have the right to demand the rest of the nation's to do as he orders. You do understand that we are sovereign nations that have an agreement to spend that increased amount by a certain year. Only Trump has decided, unilaterally, to move the deadline.
He is not in charge of our military nor does he have any right to try to control our budgets or our government. I thought you fought a war s9 that a foreign country does not control your taxation but now you desire to be in control of 21 other country budgets and essentially controlling their governments.
I do understand that Putin wishes to weaken NATO. We came to America's defence, when has the States actually defended a NATO country being attacked?
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The required goal should have been at least 2% by every NATO country already.
But 4% would be preferable since that is what the U.S. has been spending all these years.
How is percentage of GDP any kind of guide for what a country's defense spending should be? Take the US, surrounded by two large oceans and two friendly nations, shouldn't its defense be relatively easier than that of a country bordered by hostile nations? And if a country's doing well and its GDP increases, how has the task of its defense become more difficult?
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Those countries would want military bases here as well then ?
We pay more so we get to put our military wherever we want ? Is that the actual deal?
Well, it does keep the MIC happy.
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