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To: dfwgator

Oh, I don’t know, Estonia and a couple of the other small countries, plus Poland*, are halfway sensible. The problem is that they are the exception, and most of the “sensibles”, Poland excepted, are so small.

*Poland hit the 2% of GDP for defense spending in 2016, increasing it by 9.4%, according to this source:

http://www.janes.com/article/57051/poland-to-raise-defence-budget

(Poland increased defense spending in 2015 by 18%: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11641852/Poland-increases-military-spending-in-response-to-Russias-belligerence.html )


130 posted on 07/17/2016 4:21:59 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

They may find themselves running back into the nurturing bosom of “Mother Russia”.


133 posted on 07/17/2016 4:30:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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