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111Balz
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What's this?
Publicly embarrass and threaten your allies, who are
Making good progress towards fulfilling the long term commitments they made shortly before the Donald even knew what NATO stands for.
Yeah, that seems really admirable
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NATO nations ramping up spending thanks to Trump comments.
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JMHoo
02/19/2024 12:34PM
So says Nigel Farage. LMAO!!! **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 12:57PM
I thought that was pretty funny. **
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DanTheFan
02/19/2024 1:58PM
Publicly embarrass and threaten your allies, who are
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111Balz
02/19/2024 12:46PM
Shouldn't we have been monitoring this more closely all along? NATO is 75 **
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Tuckahokie
02/19/2024 12:55PM
No - you don't say anything, Tuck. It's wut good friends do. **
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ResistHoo
02/19/2024 1:24PM
The 2% of GDP agreement was signed in 2014 under Obama
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CMUHoo
02/19/2024 1:03PM
MAGAts think the steady increase in spending on defense by NATO members
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Hoo TV
02/19/2024 1:21PM
There was no mechanism prior to 2014? Seems to invite an unequal spreading
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Tuckahokie
02/19/2024 1:19PM
There still isn't a "mechanism" other than withdrawing or
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CMUHoo
02/19/2024 1:32PM
So unfair. So very, very unfair. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 1:31PM
Which country picked up the $$$ slack? **
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Tuckahokie
02/19/2024 1:34PM
The US Congress has historically chosen to fund defense at well over
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SixerHoo
02/19/2024 1:44PM
And 2% was just a mutually agreed upon & commitment GOAL (by 2024), not any
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Hoo TV
02/19/2024 1:51PM
And then the money is a quid pro quo. Or he'll encourage Russia to do
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 1:46PM
There is no $$$ slack.
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 1:41PM
If Democrati are happy with current Defense spending levels...then so am I **
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Tuckahokie
02/19/2024 2:11PM
No one is saying that or has said that. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 3:11PM
Again, NATO is NOT a protection racket. It is a US security asset. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 12:58PM
And the only time Article 5 has ever been invoked was for the US after 9/11 **
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Hoo TV
02/19/2024 1:23PM
I imagine we have. I don’t think it’s bad that Trump has focused attention
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SixerHoo
02/19/2024 12:58PM
If we don't fund Ukraine soon NATO will start cracking. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 12:59PM
Then what good is it
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TomKazanski
02/19/2024 4:49PM
Yep. FAFO. **
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WaxHoo
02/19/2024 1:38PM
That’s exactly what Putin wants and the Rs in the House are toying with
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SixerHoo
02/19/2024 1:03PM
Poland now spends 3.9% of thier GDP on defense, exceeding even the US (3.6)
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Hoo TV
02/19/2024 1:41PM
They're wise to start planning for the US to be an unreliable ally. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 1:44PM
They remember our response in 1939, too **
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Hoo TV
02/19/2024 1:52PM
Putin's Quisling MAGAs are a Russian success story. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/19/2024 1:05PM
Trump right. Again. **
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Los Angeles Hoo
02/19/2024 12:40PM
It has nothing to do with the agreement NATO made with its members.
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hooshouse
02/19/2024 12:39PM
Sure Jan. **
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BocaHoo91
02/19/2024 12:37PM
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