Hawley’s right and the trend since the fall of the USSR is with him. However, I don’t like the timing. Adding Scandanavia to NATO is giving Putin the finger for his aggression, which he sorely needs.
Hawley might be right.
But President Trump wanted the whole house of cards taken down and redone. Something far more beneficial to the world than 2 countries joining NATO, IMHO.
I think most folks would be surprised to learn that other countries don’t have a military anywhere near the size and as advanced as the USA.
Hell, at one point, NYPD could have been considered one of the largest armies on the planet when it had 41,000 members.
In a country of 67+ million people, the UK military(total) is 231,000.
Finland’s numbers....23,000 active 900k in reserve-they have mandatory military service, so that explains that number.