as of right now everyone pretty much seems to have their defence spending on track.
The average of the european members + canada is now firmly above the 2% agreement and the only country that I can't find numbers on (but seems to not be meeting the goal?) is iceland.
I think what he was trying to say, or at least should be trying to say is “you must be fun at parties.” That is, you are specifically OBLIGATED to be fun at them.
My party crew has a very strict fun enforcer. “Dancing is compulsory” was a sign they took to our most recent gathering. It was very good and lots of dancing was done.
the joke is inherently political, it also doesn't make actual sense as it is based on misinformation. if you can enjoy it regardless of that, surely you can enjoy it regardless of my comment.
in any way badgering me about it is not gonna achieve anything. throwing insult after insult while i have been pretty cordial this whole time is not exactly a shining personality trait either.
Jokes don't have to be true to be funny. While many truths are said in jest, not all jests need be true. The correction was unnecessary and added nothing to the joke. In fact, it was a blatant attempt to ruin the joke and to ruin the fun.
They have their defense spending on track, and yet are still lacking because the military stockpiles they're supposed to maintain aren't there. They sold them. It was so some politicians could make themselves look good by bringing in the money from the sales and cutting the costs of maintaining those stockpiles.
They were working under the idea that the US had so much stockpiled that it was enough for all of them. Then Trump came in and showed them why it's so unbelievably stupid and irresponsible to put all your eggs in one basket.
So, yeah - their spending is where it should be, but it's still not enough because stockpiles are what you lend or sell to allies when there's conflict - like maybe a large European country getting invaded.
They're also used to give yourself enough time to ramp up manufacturing when your country gets into a prolonged conflict.
They're super freaking important and most of European NATO just got rid of them because of stupid politicians.
So, they kind of need to spend even more to fix things because Russia is absolutely taking advantage of the fact that Europe was so militarily unprepared for long term conflict.
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u/Vilsue 4d ago edited 4d ago
I saw a girl on tinder and i was wonderig why she have tatoo of NATO logo