Originally Posted by
obgraham
Well TD I think he gave the reason in the post above: Why should they spend their own money on defense if the US will do it for them?
OB
Genuine question. What is your aviation and/or military aviation background? I'm not saying you shouldn't post. Far from it. I've always been curious seeing as I know you are a doctor. I'm not from the US but I post on the Hamsterwheel site as I have a vested interest having spent a lot of my time over the past few years there.
I agree with you and WC on this. The US has far more pressing concerns with China to its west. Its time for Europe to step up to the mark to look at its own security and defence to its east. Long gone are the days of the Fulda Gap and also, I hope, long gone are the days of a Coalition of the Willing.
Thats the easy part. The hard part is getting a bunch of nations used to having a US led Command to somehow form a coherent workable joint defence plan and Command without US involvement and money!