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Yeah it's basically paying the US for protection. I don't blame them though because they do have a whole country full of about 15 times as many space-constrain
by wkat4242 2y ago
Yeah it's basically paying the US for protection.
I don't blame them though because they do have a whole country full of about 15 times as many space-constrained citizens next door (Indonesia)
- willvarfar 2y agoThat calculus must change with the new administration
- wkat4242 2y agoYes, just like it does with the EU. And yes we didn't spend so much on defense as Trump says, but(!) America never really wanted us to be too powerful. They were really happy to play top dog, obviously the more powerful we are as EU, the more viable a geopolitical opponent we are. The US have never really been too happy with nuclear capabilities in Europe and this is the main thing that deters agressors like Russia. Even the UK's is largely built by the US like the Polaris missiles.