Tells me all I need to know. 
Posted on 04/22/2023 4:41:51 PM PDT by Kazan
Some countries do meet the suggested amount and some don’t, there are 31 countries in the alliance.
Go peddle your deep state bullshite elsewhere neoclown.
Three sources, and that twitter site showed good material.
I don’t think you can see through that white-hot rage fog you live in.
Welcome back to FR after your seven year sleep.
Tells me all I need to know.
The TwittSewer is a total clown show these days.
You guys work hard to keep yourselves ignorant, that must be what it takes to keep yourselves worked up angry and frothing at the mouth all the time.
Just trolling and attacking people while keeping up with whatever goofy sites are out there spreading anti-American Russian propaganda.
It wouldn’t hurt you to examine some of the stories that just sound too good, like that bomb strike.
LOLOL!!!
FR Class of 2005 "freepsplains" to FR Class of 1997 how "ignerant" I am.
Hush, Azovnista.
Because it didn't happen.
Lol, thanks for proving my point.
I didn’t prove your “anything”, Re-Animator.
I’m not sure if it’s entirely garbage.
We have done things that will cause irreparable damage to the alliance.
We have coerced folks into playing along even inside NATO. Nations like Hungary are NOT on board with us (but you do not hear much about that in our one sided MSM), neither is Serbia (that one is obvious and they are not a full NATO member).
We have literally (most likely us) blown up pipelines on which allies depend: https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream
We have literally aided in what amount to outright terrorist attacks: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pro-russian-military-blogger-killed-explosion-st-petersburg-reports
I think there really is a possibility for a backlash in the long term. Right now everyone is capitalizing on this, may it be for a quick Finish and Swedish NATO admission (while the iron is hot and support is there), massive arms exports and deals: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-arms-exports-up-11-fiscal-2022-official-says-2023-01-25/ Getting allies to increase their defense spending, expanding missile defense, re-basing newer generations of nuclear weapons in Europe (something which would have been opposed before): https://nypost.com/2022/10/28/us-accelerates-plan-to-send-upgraded-nuclear-weapons-to-europe/
Never let a crisis go to waste, right?
But just like Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq, eventually public sentiment shifts. They have to get done what they want fast! The public doesn’t have a long attention span, stomach and if they realize it’s costing them personally they go negative real fast. So we need to move fast.
That said, right now we still flying high, and we might for a little while because we don’t have our kids coming home in body bags. We’ve got someone else doing the bleeding and we’re just arming and financing them. So the public will hold on a little longer. But the trend is already there regards public support of this war and there is a reason why US politicians no longer brag and advertise all the money and even weapons they are sending to Ukraine like last year.
The real issue is that some of the things we did will cause for lasting problems after this war is over.
Funny...
I thought when you signed a treaty, suggestions went out the window and obligations began.
You either abide by the treaty or you don’t.
There is no in between.
There is no close enough.
We are footing the bill for the defence of Europe, so that the snooty snobs that run that continent can continue their socialist ways without having to commit money or manpower to defend themselves.
Then they insult us at every turn.
Screw them.
Our news says they are getting their ass kicked by Ukraine, but then the same news wants to tell us that they are planning on attacking the UK, invading into Europe... Funny-
Russia is no viable world power and we think we can encroach on their sphere of influence may that be their frontier in Syria, Venezuela, or Libya, or their border/buffer states: Republic of Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
We have been walking all over them, for years, and then we want to pretend like it’s us being attacked and invaded.
Russia has 55% our ground forces. 47% our air forces. 43% our naval forces. They have 44% our population. 40% of the number of males reaching military age each year but without South America to fall back on as we do when we require huge numbers. They have a GDP smaller than California and Texas combined, less industry, less high tech. They have few and weak allies. Their most powerful ally is Belarus, with a population 1/2 of the Netherlands and a military manpower comparable to the Netherlands (albeit inferior equipped and trained).
They don’t play in the same league anymore, we know that, and we’re pushing them off the Risk playing board and as we do that, we pretend we’re the victim and underdog.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67655.htm
Some countries meet the 2% goal, some greatly exceed it, some are getting close to it as they increase their military budgets, and some are laggards.
Russia being on the move again has had the effect of increasing military budgets and readiness awareness.
You Russians in Kazan are pretty pathetic if this is the best you can dig up.
It’s been 15 months and Putin’s army is stalled after having been pushed back heavily.
What a pathetic military
Russia or rather Muscowy, still has an imperialist mindset. That’s why it is a threat to European countries
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