The EU has a population of 500 million, a gdp of 20 trillion and spends 240 billion on defense.Russia on the other hand has a population of 145 million, a gdp of 2 trillion and defense spending of 85 billion annually.And the EU cannot defend itself against Russia why?
RE: The EU has a population of 500 million, a gdp of 20 trillion and spends 240 billion on defense.
Something tells me the money going to “defense” is being used somewhere else ( much like the so called trillion dollar Obama “stimulus” for “shovel ready” jobs ).
“The EU has a population of 500 million, a gdp of 20 trillion and spends 240 billion on defense.Russia on the other hand has a population of 145 million, a gdp of 2 trillion and defense spending of 85 billion annually.And the EU cannot defend itself against Russia why?”
Why? Because we’ve been all too willing to shell out to defend these worthless a$$holes while they have used their money instead to fund their respective welfare states. The idea that somehow they can “force” us to defend them needs to be pushed aside immediately. The Europeans can well afford to fund their own defense, and FWIW we should let them start building their own militaries so if Russia does come their way, they can defend themselves against any attempted incursion with the blood of their own citizens. I am damned tired of the United States willingly offering up our young men and women as cannon fodder for these ingrates.
The ruskies have balls.
Playing with those numbers, it’s very clear what Russia’s priority is. And that the EU should have the capacity to similarly invest.
Cheap labour :p