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Not paying their dues will CAUSE the Russian invasion. If we want to avoid such an invasion then having them pay to prevent it is needed. What would be "weird" is expecting you prevent an invasion without paying the cost necessary to do so.
NATO guidelines encourage all members to spend 2 percent of their respective country’s GDP on their own military defense, so that each member can defend itself to a certain degree without relying too often on pooled NATO forces and equipment. In 2014, NATO leaders came to an agreement that members who spend under that 2 percent benchmark are to work towards reaching that goal within a decade. Currently, only the United States, Greece, Great Britain, Estonia and Poland have spent an average of 2 percent of GDP on their own defenses. The United States by far spends the most, with the average being 3.61 percent of GDP. The other countries spend around 1.5 percent or less, with Luxembourg coming in last at merely 0.44 percent of GDP. Iceland spends nothing on defense, but has no armed forces.
www.nbcnews.com
So not actually a bill, then.NATO guidelines encourage all members to spend 2 percent of their respective country’s GDP on their own military defense, so that each member can defend itself to a certain degree without relying too often on pooled NATO forces and equipment. In 2014, NATO leaders came to an agreement that members who spend under that 2 percent benchmark are to work towards reaching that goal within a decade. Currently, only the United States, Greece, Great Britain, Estonia and Poland have spent an average of 2 percent of GDP on their own defenses. The United States by far spends the most, with the average being 3.61 percent of GDP. The other countries spend around 1.5 percent or less, with Luxembourg coming in last at merely 0.44 percent of GDP. Iceland spends nothing on defense, but has no armed forces.
Source: NBC News--another one of your leftist news organizations.
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Is this where you want to quibble over what a payment due is versus what a bill is?
All I did was make an observation and ask a question.
Sac up and answer the actual question.
How does that make encouraging an invasion okay?
With all due respect...but if the Council of Europe decides that that is the solution, why should the US care?
Already did. Sorry if you didn't notice.
Agreed with the last partWith all due respect...but if the Council of Europe decides that that is the solution, why should the US care?
That is, finding a peace agreement with Putin...and if necessary, granting him the four regions?
Europeans don't cross the Atlantic to interfere into the American geopolitics, why can't Americans mind their own business as Europeans do?
And the US population should cut off trump for wasting tax payers money.
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills
The US presidential hopeful says he would not protect any country failing to pay its bills.www.bbc.com
Thoughts?
It isn't a "payment due" either. It's a commitment to action, similar to the $100 Billion Climate Pledge from OECD member states (which the US has only funded to 5% of its fair share).
So then was your rely a "yes" or "no" to the question "Are you arguing that inviting Putin to invade non-payers is a good idea?"
It's not their land, lives, or liberty to offer up as a sacrifice. If Italians want to appease tyrants and terrorists, then they should offer their own territory, such as Sicily or Sardinia.
Protecting and defending the innocent is the moral thing to do. Perhaps the reason you like to repeatedly remind everyone that you're a Christian is because they would never be able to tell otherwise.Europeans don't cross the Atlantic to interfere into the American geopolitics, why can't Americans mind their own business as Europeans do?
But the United States are not members of the Council of Europe. So it's up to its members decide about human rights and diplomacy in Europe.
That's why I want peace. Because I don't want more Ukrainian soldiers to die.
Then what are you offering America to stop interfering in Europe? If appeasement is an acceptable solution to stop Russia's interference in Ukraine, then the same solution should work for America, right?
We are not appeasing Russia. We successfully prevented Russia from taking Kiev and conquering all of the country. We prevented Russia from turning Ukraine into a puppet state.