GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoTrump adviser proposes new tiered system for NATO members who don't pay upwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down111
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minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoThe 2 percent is also a goal. A spending guideline if you will. Not a hard demand to be a member. There’s also widespread confusion over what kind of spending counts toward the 2 percent goal.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoAnd just to wrap it all together, the money plaes in comparison to the value of having a treaty at all. The absolute stupidest thing you could do is blow it up just because some countries haven’t hit rheir spending targets.
The 2 percent is also a goal. A spending guideline if you will. Not a hard demand to be a member.
There’s also widespread confusion over what kind of spending counts toward the 2 percent goal.
And just to wrap it all together, the money plaes in comparison to the value of having a treaty at all. The absolute stupidest thing you could do is blow it up just because some countries haven’t hit rheir spending targets.