PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to World News@quokk.au · 2 months agoNATO countries agree to allocate 5% of GDP to defencewww.pravda.com.uaexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHasn’t that been the target for decades? Or whatever the number was, almost no country has been meeting it.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s been 2%. Historically a lot of NATO wasn’t meeting that, but in the last few years people have been taking it a lot more seriously.
minus-squarenucleative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhoa. Poland sure decided to show up for the party in 2024. I wonder why…
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoBad neighbors require good fences, or something like that.
minus-squarenucleative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOr at least paying the bill from the security company
minus-squaretormeh@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI don’t like this analogy. It’s more like insurance premiums. We’re doing risk pooling, in a way.
Hasn’t that been the target for decades? Or whatever the number was, almost no country has been meeting it.
It’s been 2%. Historically a lot of NATO wasn’t meeting that, but in the last few years people have been taking it a lot more seriously.
Whoa. Poland sure decided to show up for the party in 2024. I wonder why…
Bad neighbors require good fences, or something like that.
Or at least paying the bill from the security company
I don’t like this analogy. It’s more like insurance premiums. We’re doing risk pooling, in a way.