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The pledge - which wasn’t signed was for 2% - nobody is afraid of Russia at this point and Poland alone could very well handle any Russian army if this war is a

The pledge - which wasn’t signed was for 2% - nobody is afraid of Russia at this point and Poland alone could very well handle any Russian army if this war is any indication. Of what the US spends on NATO, very little goes to smaller nations. In exchange, the US has legal bases and troops deployed in other countries without fear of retaliation, do you grasp how much power the US gets to project through this? Probably not. US keeps Taiwan because it benefits them, and because it needs the semiconductors. Nothing is free. When you lot decided to invade Middle East for oil yet again for the 4th or 5th time, you also triggered article 5 and foreigners died as a consequence of your own greed, your unchecked black ops, and CIA funding terrorists. Furthermore, this “alliance” means that people are spending money on US military hardware, not anyone else’s, but this is conveniently out of the discussion every time such complaints come up. Less than 20% of what the US spends on NATO is used to assist smaller countries, and the US only covers 16% of operational costs of NATO - which is as much Germany is covering. Legal boots on the ground next to any front trumps any and all economic arguments.

Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
>decided to invade Middle East for oil You mostly had me until this point. Did you know there is more oil in the US than Iraq and Afghanistan combined? Do you have any data on the number of oil rigs set up during the invasion? Who gets this oil by the way? Do you know how many trillions were spent in Afghanistan and Iraq? More than it's GDP of the entire period the US was there. Please provide some source for this claim. If anything, the US would invade a country just to "stretch it's legs" and keep the machine running.
- PartiallyTyped 4y ago
  The oil in the continental US is hard to extract [1]. The oil in Middle East is trivial and cheap to extract [1,2]. There is a reason oil price is up there, because the US and Saudi Arabia have setup a cartel, aramco has iirc > 70% profit margins. The cartel ensures that the U.S. can be “competitive” on pricing, that’s it. It ensures private interests are protected. As for who gets it and whatnot, it’s all about private interests funding politicians who ensure no crisis is lost. The money spent there is not to Iraq or Afghanistan per se, but also to the troops. You should look into how much the US is paying for the food supplies.. we are talking thousands per meal. [1] https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-the-US-cannot-Extract-most-of-its-Oil-Reserves.html https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-the-US-cannot-Extr... [2] https://www.enverus.com/blog/saudi-arabia-oil-need-know/ https://www.enverus.com/blog/saudi-arabia-oil-need-know/

Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago

>decided to invade Middle East for oil You mostly had me until this point. Did you know there is more oil in the US than Iraq and Afghanistan combined? Do you have any data on the number of oil rigs set up during the invasion? Who gets this oil by the way? Do you know how many trillions were spent in Afghanistan and Iraq? More than it's GDP of the entire period the US was there. Please provide some source for this claim. If anything, the US would invade a country just to "stretch it's legs" and keep the machine running.

PartiallyTyped 4y ago
The oil in the continental US is hard to extract [1]. The oil in Middle East is trivial and cheap to extract [1,2]. There is a reason oil price is up there, because the US and Saudi Arabia have setup a cartel, aramco has iirc > 70% profit margins. The cartel ensures that the U.S. can be “competitive” on pricing, that’s it. It ensures private interests are protected. As for who gets it and whatnot, it’s all about private interests funding politicians who ensure no crisis is lost. The money spent there is not to Iraq or Afghanistan per se, but also to the troops. You should look into how much the US is paying for the food supplies.. we are talking thousands per meal. [1] https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-the-US-cannot-Extract-most-of-its-Oil-Reserves.html https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Why-the-US-cannot-Extr... [2] https://www.enverus.com/blog/saudi-arabia-oil-need-know/ https://www.enverus.com/blog/saudi-arabia-oil-need-know/