28-04-2021, 03:35 PM
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Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Is this another Brexit thread, Swim? 
It was not intended to be at all, just a general comment.
Everything seems to be converted to Brexit at the moment.
28-04-2021, 03:40 PM
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Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I noticed that gobby bloke is still shouting outside parliament. Hasn't anyone told him?
28-04-2021, 05:58 PM
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Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by Zaphod
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Tell us: when is he planned to meet the leader of the EU?He's visiting the NATO summit before any EU meetings and if EU countries still aren't going to commit to a fair share contribution towards NATO the EU meeting will no doubt be quite interesting.
Countries don't contribute towards nato, unless you confuse the payment provisions towards the administrative costs of nato with percentage of national defense budgets.
28-04-2021, 06:06 PM
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Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by Solasch
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Countries don't contribute towards nato, unless you confuse the payment provisions towards the administrative costs of nato with percentage of national defense budgets.
If no country contributed towards NATO there would be no NATO Solly.
Here's just one little article that might help to educate you a little.
https://nypost.com/2019/12/02/trump-...-a-fair-share/
28-04-2021, 07:05 PM
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Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by Zaphod
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If no country contributed towards NATO there would be no NATO Solly.
Here's just one little article that might help to educate you a little.
https://nypost.com/2019/12/02/trump-...-a-fair-share/
Since 2006, each member nation has been supposed to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense. Yet only the United States and two other members hit that mark in 2014, when NATO formally recommitted to the goal.
Now*eight European countries are on track*to meet it this year: Britain, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. And Stoltenberg reports that a majority of NATO’s 29 members now plan to hit the 2 percent threshold by 2024.
Germany, the most flagrant laggard, will spend just 1.35 percent on defense this year, with “plans” to hit 2 percent around 2031.
And by the way, in 2014 wasn't it president Obama who reiterated the target? Not trump.
28-04-2021, 07:18 PM
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Re: Remainers
Originally Posted by Solasch
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Instead of posting you should have read it. It says:Since 2006, each member nation has been supposed to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense. Yet only the United States and two other members hit that mark in 2014, when NATO formally recommitted to the goal.
Now*eight European countries are on track*to meet it this year: Britain, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. And Stoltenberg reports that a majority of NATO’s 29 members now plan to hit the 2 percent threshold by 2024.
Germany, the most flagrant laggard, will spend just 1.35 percent on defense this year, with “plans” to hit 2 percent around 2031.
And by the way, in 2014 wasn't it president Obama who reiterated the target? Not trump.
Again: If no country contributed towards NATO there would be no NATO.
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