Originally Posted by
4runner
defence/defense commitments. NATO and UN come to mind. National pride as well. You guys would get made fun of by the bigger kids too if you didn’t have an Air Force with any fangs. The Kenyans have a squadron of F-5’s and the Dutch have 6.5 million people and have greater offensive capability than you do...
Just to keep things factual. The Netherlands has a population of 17 million, not 6.5 million. So it it is about 46% as populous as Canada, not 17.5% as populous. But point taken.