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Originally Posted by Chris
Er no, in a topic-based discussion forum it’s nothing of the sort. You are specifically addressing people who, in this thread, have discussed Donald Trump (who is the topic) as he relates to Putin, while not discussing the EU (which is not the topic) as it relates to Putin.
There’s no hypocrisy here. Just users engaging in a topic-based discussion, making observations about Donald Trump.
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Don’t patronise me Chris. Loads of other people have branched out their discussions in here, as Trump is the topic, the subject matter has a wide ranging area of dynamics for discussion. I am well aware how a forum works.
And I’m making the observation that there is hypocrisy in here & it stinks.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Nobody said at present that the US didn’t spend more than the UK/EU, other NATO members. I only said that with America being an unreliable ally it’s more important than ever for Europe to ensure that defence expenditure is on weapons and systems that can operate independently of American oversight/support.
Production capacity needs rapidly increased over here too (if the premise of increased defence spending is accepted).
The likelihood of anyone going to war with Russia, China and Iran all at once in Europe is extremely low. The ability to bog down one of them would be satisfactory, and the Biden administration gave us the blueprint in Ukraine by resourcing them just enough to stand still.
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Yes, but all this talk of “Can’t rely on U.S - Europe to go it alone” - I’d be saying fine, can’t rely on U.S but I also can’t rely on any of our European neighbours either, they’ve neglected their Defence spending for decades, because they’ve always seen America as the advantage, as we’ve seen, Trump the “transactional” president demands Europeans beef up their Defense spending.