Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by voldacar on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:28AM (#30589748)

The EU couldn't sustain the level of proportional military spending that the USA does, maybe with the exception of Germany but they still spend around half as much as a share of gdp as the US does, so that would be an enormous shift. Fwiw, the existence of the EU basically presupposes the availability of the American army to provide security

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by Ericson2314 on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:10PM (#30590379)

Spending creates real capacity. What you are saying sounds like common census, but is actually tail-wags-dog backwards.

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