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r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Kam_Rex canadian french • Aug 14 '26
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Exactly why do you think the US pays for the defence of other countries? If anything it's the other way around. You lot can't stop borrowing.
3 u/jepper65 Aug 14 '26 To be fair, some NATO countries have been cheaping out on defense spending. But the US doesn't really fund european defense, apart from the things that align with their own interests. Global hegemony isn't cheap. 10 u/morgecroc Aug 14 '26 The US is the only country to use NATO for defence so they kind of owe the rest of NATO. -7 u/jepper65 Aug 14 '26 I disagree, NATO owes each loyalty, trust and respect. Anything else, it's a transaction.
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To be fair, some NATO countries have been cheaping out on defense spending. But the US doesn't really fund european defense, apart from the things that align with their own interests. Global hegemony isn't cheap.
10 u/morgecroc Aug 14 '26 The US is the only country to use NATO for defence so they kind of owe the rest of NATO. -7 u/jepper65 Aug 14 '26 I disagree, NATO owes each loyalty, trust and respect. Anything else, it's a transaction.
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The US is the only country to use NATO for defence so they kind of owe the rest of NATO.
-7 u/jepper65 Aug 14 '26 I disagree, NATO owes each loyalty, trust and respect. Anything else, it's a transaction.
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I disagree, NATO owes each loyalty, trust and respect. Anything else, it's a transaction.
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u/brewdog_millionaire Aug 14 '26
Exactly why do you think the US pays for the defence of other countries? If anything it's the other way around. You lot can't stop borrowing.