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Originally Posted by Osem
Odd that this should come not long after they were complaining about other Nato countries not bearing their fair share of the burden...  |
Seems rather unodd to me? This is probably exactly why they were upset. Europe has been cutting defence budgets presumably safe in the knowledge they can piggy back off America. It probably isn't going unnoticed by Americans that there is a lot of anti-Americanism in Europe as well.
If it were us I think we would be a little be peeved. I mean this line:
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Last month the Pentagon announced plans to quadruple its budget for European defence in 2017.
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should embarrass Europe. Even if America has their own geopolitical interests at stake.