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Merkel: We'll do everything we can to meet NATO obligations by 2024
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:40 pm
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Looks like it's time for God Emperor to play hard ball
quote:
European leaders have pushed back at Donald Trump’s ultimatum that they increase defence spending or risk America scaling back its commitment to Transatlantic protection.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said her country would not accelerate existing, long-term plans to ramp up the military budget by 2024 despite a demand by the US this week that countries increase spending by the end of the year.
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also said countries must not cave in to US demands.
Looks like it's time for God Emperor to play hard ball
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 12:42 pm
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Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:42 pm to joshnorris14
well they can cave to US demands or to Russian demands, but they're going to have to make that choice pretty soon. 
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:43 pm to joshnorris14
quote:not for long AMIRITE?!?!?!
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor,
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:45 pm to joshnorris14
quote:Fify
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor who will soon be voted out of office
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:45 pm to joshnorris14
She'll change her tune quickly if we begin shutting down bases in Germany and pulling those troops completely out of the country (instead of just re-assigning them to other bases).
America is a far better friend and ally to Germany than Russia has been. Just ask the former East Germans.
America is a far better friend and ally to Germany than Russia has been. Just ask the former East Germans.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:47 pm to joshnorris14
So basically, they refuse to live up to their commitment, and it's insulting that we asked them to do what they agreed to, yet we must continue our commitment to keep them safe anyway?
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:47 pm to Bard
Damn ... if the Third Reich can be obliterated in roughly 4 years ... surely Germany can get their shite together in faster than 7 years.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:48 pm to joshnorris14
quote:
Merkel: We'll do everything we can to meet NATO obligations by 2024
Translation.....
we know we can't keep paying for all this free shite while paying more of our fair share for military and NATO expenses and thus we need more from big daddy uncle sam to be paying for our shite.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:50 pm to joshnorris14
Growing pains! Some people learn the hard way
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:51 pm to joshnorris14
EU should be toast by 2024
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:51 pm to joshnorris14
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:52 pm to joshnorris14
There should be a monthly update from the WH regarding the percentage of European nations that are meeting their obligation.
US citizens may want to use that list in deciding vacations for the summer. Not a protest by the right. Just US citizens that are tired of being the World Police paid for by our taxes.
US citizens may want to use that list in deciding vacations for the summer. Not a protest by the right. Just US citizens that are tired of being the World Police paid for by our taxes.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:53 pm to joshnorris14
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The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also said countries must not cave in to US demands.
SO BRAVE
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:55 pm to joshnorris14
Find let that b**** defend herself and Russia's going to wipe their arse with her
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:57 pm to Lou Pai
quote:
SO BRAVE
They're crying about it like the socialists they are because they want the USA to keep paying for their shite.
Trump is right about NATO. It's a good organization but it needs to be a team effort, not a mooching effort.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 1:00 pm to joshnorris14
quote:
Looks like it's time for God Emperor to play hard ball
Merkel...?
Don't worry, that traitor will come around.
She's still in mourning of her dream partner in world domination.
Stavro Blofeld and OddJob
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 1:01 pm to joshnorris14
quote:
Merkel: We'll do everything we can to meet NATO obligations by 2024
Convenient this fricking cow chose after Trump would leave office...
Posted on 2/20/17 at 1:05 pm to joshnorris14
quote:
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said her country would not accelerate existing, long-term plans to ramp up the military budget by 2024 despite a demand by the US this week that countries increase spending by the end of the year.
Of course not. She'll just kick the can down the road for some one else to handle that problem. Germany will have to find where to get the money from since those leftists have used handouts to secure votes and will most likely have to either scale back welfare spending and/or increase taxes.
Leftists sure do like "shared burden" until they actually have to endure it.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 1:07 pm to joshnorris14
quote:
Only five of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 28 member countries last year met the alliance goal of spending at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense.
The countries meeting or more than meeting their NATO obligations:
quote:
United States, 3.61%.
Greece, 2.38%.
Britain, 2.21%.
Estonia, 2.16%.
Poland, 2%.
The U.S. is paying $274 billion too much.
The NATO counties that are NOT meeting their obligations:
quote:
France, 1.78%.
Turkey, 1.56%.
Norway, 1.54%.
Lithuania, 1.49%.
Romania, 1.48%.
Latvia, 1.45%.
Portugal, 1.38%.
Bulgaria, 1.35%.
Croatia, 1.23%.
Albania, 1.21%.
Germany, 1.19%.
Denmark, 1.17%.
Netherlands, 1.17%.
Slovakia, 1.16%.
Italy, 1.11%.
Czech Republic, 1.04%.
Hungary, 1.01%.
Canada, 0.99%.
Slovenia, 0.94%.
Spain, 0.91%.
Belgium, 0.85%.
Luxembourg, 0.44%.
Time for the freeloaders to step up.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 1:08 pm to joshnorris14
So if NATO countries spend more, can the US decrease spending?
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