☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoLeaked call shows European 'leaders' fear US will betray Ukrainethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
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minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down10·1 day agoEuropean countries spend too much on their people to properly outfit a military as massive and bloated as America’s.
minus-squaresbbq@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAlso, rich that in the same breath that you ridicule American defense spending, you cry that Europe is too poor to come to its own defense. Some real mental gymnastics there.
minus-squarewurzelgummidge@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoWhat he means is, Europeans get a better return on the taxes they pay than Americans do, but their leaders are still fuckwits.
minus-squaresbbq@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 day agoThat sounds like a pretty big copout.
European countries spend too much on their people to properly outfit a military as massive and bloated as America’s.
‘too much’
Also, rich that in the same breath that you ridicule American defense spending, you cry that Europe is too poor to come to its own defense. Some real mental gymnastics there.
What he means is, Europeans get a better return on the taxes they pay than Americans do, but their leaders are still fuckwits.
That sounds like a pretty big copout.