[kabar]

Yeah, and the US spends more on defense than the rest of NATO combined and then some. In the real world, the US would be defending the rest of NATO, which adds little to our own defense. The US has been providing the security umbrella for the rest of Europe for 75 years.

[alexander_busek]

In the real world, the US would be defending the rest of NATO, which adds little to our own defense. The US has been providing the security umbrella for the rest of Europe for 75 years.

There is a good reason for that: Central Europe would be the battleground into which the enemy's land forces would be pouring.

Not an enviable position!

Europe is our "beach head."

Any non-nuclear conflict with Russia would be carried out 90% in Europe.

Pity the Europeans in whose homelands this conflict would be carried out!

Regards,

[Boogieman]

“the US spends more on defense than the rest of NATO combined and then some”

If you measure in just total spent, sure, but that’s not how the chart you posted is measuring. That’s measuring proportional spending compared to GDP, and by that measure, the US certainly doesn’t spend very much more than any other NATO member.

[dfwgator]