Yet Americans are already worried - and with good reason - that many NATO partners are already unreliable. This includes countries where popular support for defending an ally are low (Germany, Italy, France, Spain) as well as vulnerable free-riders (Canada, Denmark, Norway).
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Canada, Denmark, and Norway all lost people fighting in Afghanistan. Canada's total was 3rd highest (after US and UK). That's not free-riding.
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That old chestnut. The fact is that Canada cannot defend itself due to chronic budget cuts. The Canadian Forces are great, but have not been properly resourced in decades.
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Obviously NATO countries gain from NATO. But free-riding means not contributing anything. It doesn't mean gaining something, nor gaining more than you put it.
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No, free-riding can mean under-contributing.
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It's already weaker. NATO is only as strong as people perceive it to be.
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Unfortunately, I can't disagree.
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