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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by deburo on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:12PM (#24392852)
Is this true? I keep reading that the US is putting increasing pressure on allies not spending at least 2% of GDP in their military.
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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by roughly on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:23PM (#24392933)
It was for a long time. This is why GOP handwringing about our allies underspending on military defense is so incongruent - other countries underspending on their militaries was a cornerstone goal of post-WW2 policy. Complaining that Germany doesn’t have a strong enough military marks a pretty sharp break from prior US policy goals.
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Re:Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life by SkyMarshal on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:49PM (#24393661)
That was true until Trump, and it's really only Trump pushing for that, and the GOP going along with it b/c Trump owns the GOP now. The US policy establishment is against it, but have to follow the President's orders.
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