Screw ‘em. If they’re supposed to be paying 5% and they’re paying 2%, reduce our forces in Europe by 60% and tell them we’ll think about bringing them back when the numbers match.
” we’ll think about bringing them back when the numbers match.”
The German navy is mostly in port for repairs. Last I heard, they had no deployed submarines. Their army doesn’t have supplies for a thirty day maximum effort deployment. (How many emergencies last only 30 days?)
Britain has ships that don’t work when the weather is too warm; like in the Persian Gulf.
You can have a world class military of socialism. You can’t have both.
They are all in arrears, so “2% + arrears” is a lot of prior, unmet, 2 percents.