You can’t argue that everyone needs to pitch in their fair (and agreed upon) share. Yet we can only blame ourselves for spending more then everyone when we want to be the world’s police officer- PB/TK
Merkel Gives In To US Pressure On NATO Spending – Jacob Bojesson Foreign Correspondent 6:35 PM 02/25/2017
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday her country needs to meet its NATO obligation to spend 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense.
The Trump administration is actively pushing NATO allies to increase their spending. Germany currently spends about 1.2 percent of GDP on defense, which Merkel vows to change if she is elected for a fourth term in office this September.
“Obligations have to be fulfilled,” Merkel said at a campaign rally Saturday. “And, others in the world will demand that of us. And, I think they’re right that Germany must uphold its obligations.”
Germany — which turned pacifist after starting and losing two world wars in the 20th century — recently started a number of new defense initiatives with France, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania and the Czech Republic.
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