Originally Posted by
Mr Mac
The German defence spending has indeed been mismanaged, but it is alright looking with hindsight , but it was expected that Russia would have become more democratic and tensions eased. If you said to any Govt say in 2000 that there would a full on war in Europe in 22 years I think you would have been called mad.
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Mr Mac
The direction of travel was clear from 2008 or so onwards and became even more obvious when Putin and Medvedev did their little "to me, to you, to me" dance.
It's just that no politicians wanted to face that reality. Can't spend money on defence, need skools n hospikals and diversity courses.