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The Trump Effect. Merkel relents. Germany will meet its NATO obligations and spend 2% of GDP

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PriddyBoy

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Germany is a country that could possibly be given a little break on their NATO rent, IMO. They already serve as a military base for the western world. I've heard from some who have served there that Germans for the most part are very accommodating, especially when things are hot. I'm sure there are countering opinions.
 
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WVPATX

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PriddyBoy said:
Germany is a country that could possibly be given a little break on their NATO rent, IMO. They already serve as a military base for the western world. I've heard from some who have served there that Germans for the most part are very accommodating, especially when things are hot. I'm sure there are countering opinions.
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I think we pay quite a bit of the bill for our German bases.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013...tary-bases-overseas-despite-troop-reductions/
 
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WVPATX

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PriddyBoy said:
Good article!
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I'd love to know how much money we can save by making the NATO countries actually hit their 2% target. Personally, I would like to see Trump up NATO's commitment to 5% per country. We currently spend around 16% on Defense and Homeland Security. The least they can do is come 1/3 of the way.
 
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WVPATX said:
I'd love to know how much money we can save by making the NATO countries actually hit their 2% target. Personally, I would like to see Trump up NATO's commitment to 5% per country. We currently spend around 16% on Defense and Homeland Security. The least they can do is come 1/3 of the way.
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Better yet, how with that translate into FMS sales to EU nations?
 
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WVPATX said:
I'd love to know how much money we can save by making the NATO countries actually hit their 2% target. Personally, I would like to see Trump up NATO's commitment to 5% per country. We currently spend around 16% on Defense and Homeland Security. The least they can do is come 1/3 of the way.
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I would suspect our forward deployments or at least our overseas force structure contingents could be radically modified to save us billions if we can defer some of those expenses to our Allies.

It's not only smart policy, but smart strategy especially when we are looking at reorienting our entire Military readiness and mission capability components.
 
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