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NATO states spend more on weaponry than the rest of the world combined. How is that defensive?
by jessaustin 5y ago
NATO states spend more on weaponry than the rest of the world combined. How is that defensive?
- darksaints 5y agoHow is that not defensive?
- jessaustin 5y agoIf we were concerned with defending against credible threats to our security, our spending on weaponry would be proportional to that of such threats. Can we credibly expect attacks from off-planet?
- darksaints 5y agoDefense spending is preventative. If you lower your spending, the threats become more credible. We're literally watching what happens when NATO defensive capabilities don't exist. The US spends more than is defensively necessary, but NATO as a whole is absolutely spending proportional to the threat level. Perhaps the US should spend less, and the rest of NATO should spend more.
- lkbm 5y agoIt NATO went away, they still would. Perhaps more relevantly, a single member, the US, spends more than the rest of the world combined. Remove the US, and NATO is spending less than China. This doesn't seem like an honest argument.