I see a bunch of leaches who are too disinterested, cowardly and/or lazy to provide for their own defense freeloading on another member to do it for them just as it has been doing for over 70 years. I see members which claim to have security concerns moving to make themselves even more energy dependent on the very country they claim is their biggest security threat.
This does not look like a very balanced alliance to me. In fact, it looks like no alliance at all - just a sucker being taken advantage of.
Agreed. And Trump said as much...but now a bunch of countries are getting their act together as a result. And this new reality is what Stoltenberg and Mattis are speaking in light of.
Germany remains the most stubborn.