west didsblue
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So about half then.Not the evangelical ones.
So about half then.Not the evangelical ones.
The funding of NATO is governed by a completely different agreement. Nothing to do with the 2% recommended target for defence spending.You say negotiation. I say sales pitch. He was trying to get more arms sales into the US military complex.
But it doesn’t change the fact there is no mandate to spend that much.
What are your thoughts on Iceland being in NATO yet have no military at all. 0% spending. Would you kick them out of NATO or be fine with Russia invading them?
That’s probably about right!So about half then.
The funding of NATO is governed by a completely different agreement. Nothing to do with the 2% recommended target for defence spending.
F that. England should invade them (with or without support from rest of the UK). Like the Falklands, a rocky cold outcropping no one cares about. And could ensure no future national team footy upsets by annexing them.You say negotiation. I say sales pitch. He was trying to get more arms sales into the US military complex.
But it doesn’t change the fact there is no mandate to spend that much.
What are your thoughts on Iceland being in NATO yet have no military at all. 0% spending. Would you kick them out of NATO or be fine with Russia invading them?
Well, I couldn’t be clearer! NATO recommends 2% of gdp as a defence budget but that recommendation is nothing to do with nato funding. What countries spend their defence budget on is up to them, again nothing to do with how nato is funded.Not sure what you mean. If a country goes from 1% to 2% on gdp spent on military it’s a fair bet that a chunk of that will be spent buying hardware from the USA.
You seem to have read something I haven’t said and have run with it.Well, I couldn’t be clearer! NATO recommends 2% of gdp as a defence budget but that recommendation is nothing to do with nato funding. What countries spend their defence budget on is up to them, again nothing to do with how nato is funded.
Wins the prize for magical mystery tour.You seem to have read something I haven’t said and have run with it.
If counties increase military spending. Odds are lots of that money will be spent in the US. Hence Trump trying to get countries to spend more money on military is him getting money into the US. Hence it felt more like a sales pitch than trying to say countries should spend 4% Simples.