☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoLeaked call shows European 'leaders' fear US will betray Ukrainethehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up147cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up147external-linkLeaked call shows European 'leaders' fear US will betray Ukrainethehill.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoEuropean countries spend too much on their people’s well-being to properly outfit a military as massive and bloated as America’s.
minus-squaresbbq@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 months 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-up4·3 months agoWhat he means is, Europeans get a better return on the taxes they pay than Americans do, but their leaders are still fuckwits.
European countries spend too much on their people’s well-being 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.