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U.S. Accused of Shortchanging NATO as Spain Reacts to Trump Spat
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:14 pm
Spain's Conde says U.S.’s contribution to NATO budget should be double &
Deputy defense minister blames Trump for NATO divisions
“The U.S. should be paying about 50 percent of the NATO budget, they pay 24 percent,” Conde, 51, said in an interview in Madrid. “It’s not right to say that European countries owe money.”
Deputy defense minister blames Trump for NATO divisions
“The U.S. should be paying about 50 percent of the NATO budget, they pay 24 percent,” Conde, 51, said in an interview in Madrid. “It’s not right to say that European countries owe money.”
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Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:15 pm to ihometiger
POLEN STRONK
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:15 pm to ihometiger
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“The U.S. should be paying about 50 percent of the NATO budget, they pay 24 percent,” Conde, 51, said in an interview in Madrid. “It’s not right to say that European countries owe money.”
lolz.
frick them.
maybe time to renegotiate NATO.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:16 pm to ihometiger
Why should the US prop up Europe?
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:16 pm to ihometiger
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The U.S. should be paying about 50 percent of the NATO budget
suck that American dick, bitch.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:17 pm to ihometiger
Spain can shut the frick up and defend themselves as they eventually default.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:17 pm to ihometiger
quote:
“The U.S. should be paying about 50 percent of the NATO budget, they pay 24 percent,” Conde, 51, said in an interview in Madrid. “It’s not right to say that European countries owe money.”
If Bernie were a spaniard...
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:18 pm to ihometiger
I think we pay approximately 75% of the NATO budget?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:18 pm to ihometiger
These spanish cucks better pay up because NATO isn't going to protect them from us.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:18 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
Let's leave them to themselves
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:19 pm to DabosDynasty
Interesting that the countries that are always on the front lines: Estonia, Poland, Great Britain, and the US are the only ones contributing more than 2%.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:19 pm to GumboPot
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I think we pay approximately 75% of the NATO budget?
per the article, there is a "budget" (that's really small, like $2.5B) and the actual overlays (that are huge, and where we pay 70%+)
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:19 pm to ihometiger
Its not like Spain is going to kick us out of Rota or Moron
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:20 pm to ihometiger
What does Spain offer us in terms of protection?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:21 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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What does Spain offer us in terms of protection?
They give us the ability to project power and us and the Brits are pretty much the gate keepers to the Mediterranean.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:21 pm to ihometiger
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While most NATO allies’ contributions to its 2.2 billion-euro ($2.5 billion) annual budget are based on their economic output, the U.S.’s payments are capped with the agreement of all members. NATO’s own budget is just a fraction of the alliance’s overall outlay on defense, most of which comes from national governments. The U.S. accounts for some 70 percent of NATO’s total military outlay while 23 of the 28 members fall short of the alliance’s target of spending 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense. A NATO spokesman declined to comment on Conde’s remarks.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:21 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Well we can always leave Rota for Souda, and leave Moron for Sigonella, I dont believe Senior Hombre would like those hundreds of millions of US Dollars going to Greece and Italy.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:21 pm to ihometiger
Spain has an unemployment rate hovering at 20%, needed a bailout in 2012 from its European friends and has been in financial chaos since 2007. They should be lucky not to be booted from NATO. It's high time we told Western Europe to frick off and take care of its own defense and security.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 3:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
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