Transcript please.
I listened, very interesting.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/nato-member-defense-spending-summit/
https://www.statista.com/chart/14636/defense-expenditures-of-nato-countries/
EXCERPTS:
In 2014, NATO was collectively spending $910 billion annually on defense, but in 2023, that figure is $1.1 trillion.
While U.S. defense spending has grown from $660 billion to $743 billion during that period, the defense spending of the rest of NATO has increased at a higher pace, from $250 billion in 2014 to $356 billion in 2023.
Some of that growth, however, was due to adding three new NATO members since 2017: Macedonia, Montenegro, and Finland.
Shares of Real GDP in 2023:
- Poland 3.90
- U.S. 3.49
- Greece 3.01
- Estonia 2.73
- Lithuania 2.54
- Slovak Republic 2.54
- Finland 2.45
- Romania 2.44
- Hungary 2.43
- Latvia 2.27
- United Kingdom 2.07
- France 1.90
- Montenegro 1.87
- North Macedonia 1.87
- Bulgaria 1.84
- Croatia 1.79
- Albania 1.76
- Netherlands 1.70
- Norway 1.67
- Denmark 1.65
- Germany 1.57
- Czech Republic 1.50
- Portugal 1.48
- Italy 1.46
- Canada 1.38
- Slovenia 1.35
- Turkey 1.31
- Spain 1.26
- Belgium 1.13
- Luxembourg 0.72
His substack is The Chronicles of Haiphong, and I quote: "Journalism and analysis from a socialist and anti-imperialist perspective." Haiphong is a far left tankie. He presents himself as anti-west first, pro-anyone anti-west as a means to be anti-west. That's his marketing game.
Conservatives who have followed US politics and Free Republic from before GHW Bush (Sore Loserman, Bush v Gore, missing keys from keyboards in the White House and 9/11 around here was intense) remember Scott Ritter and Larry Johnson well. When either of their lips are moving they are lying. Both of them talking together? That's quite as score for Haiphong and a bit much for me.
If FR is turning into DU lite, can we please be honest about it?
You have posted numerous times that Ukraine was already annihilated for years now. And from the same fake, well established to be dishonest (long before this conflict) “sources”. Clearly they are wrong, have been wrong, etc. and you know it - but continue to post.
Is Scott Ritter still chasing little girls? Is a twice convicted child molester the best advocate for Ruzzia?
I’d say so since rape and child trafficking are still very much part of Ruzzian culture.