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> Only if you count general American military spending Of course I do. Europe has no real army. France kinda has an army and the U.K got out. If America didn't
by montblanc 5y ago
> Only if you count general American military spending
Of course I do. Europe has no real army. France kinda has an army and the U.K got out. If America didn't provide a military umbrella Europe would need to actually build a real army (Europe's contributions to NATO are pitiful). How much would it cost the Europeans to do that? Going back since WW2 that's easily in the trillions.
- whimsicalism 5y agoGiven that the US actively engages in military operations in defense of Israel, I would say that it not reasonable to attribute a larger share of the spending to Germany rather than Israel?
- montblanc 5y agoWhat military operations would those be?
- xxpor 5y agoStuxnet and the intervention in Syria just off the top of my head.
- montblanc 5y agoThe intervention in Syria? That's a military operation done by the U.S for Israel? How did you come up with that? If there's no Israel tomorrow the entire region is still messed up with possibly tens of millions of new refugees flooding Europe. It's not all about Israel.
- FDSGSG 5y agoAs opposed to the absolutely massive US military presence in Germany?