[nathanbedford]

Last year, Kramp-Karrenbauer pledged to boost defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2031. If Berlin follows through with that pledge, it could make Germany the third-largest defense spender behind the United States and China.

Let's put this in perspective, the idea is to increase spending to agreed levels after 11 years! At that point Germany will hardly have the world's third-largest and effective defense force even if it is the world's third largest defense spender. It will take at least 11 years of full commitment to get the German defense forces to a respectable level above their current pathetic state.

[babble-on]

Germany’s military is a jobs program, like America’s schools.