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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on February 26, 2017, 07:57:08 AM

Title: Merkel Gives In To US Pressure On NATO Spending
Post by: HAPPY2BME on February 26, 2017, 07:57:08 AM

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.

Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s vice chancellor and new foreign minister, questions whether or not Germany is obligated to rapidly increase its defense spending. Gabriel argues Germany’s spending on integrating a million newly-arrived refugees should be taken into account.

 http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/25/merkel-gives-in-to-us-pressure-on-nato-spending/#ixzz4ZncH3E3q

Title: Re: Merkel Gives In To US Pressure On NATO Spending
Post by: freedumb2003b on February 26, 2017, 01:54:29 PM

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Germany’s spending on integrating a million newly-arrived refugees should be taken into account.

No, it shouldn't.  They UNDERMINE security, unless you are conscripting them as unpaid troops to be cannon fodder (or ammunition) in the face of Russian or Chinese tanks.