I guess that's what NATO always stood for, even if they didn't always admit it outright https://twitter.com/ekathimerini/status/985471048895184897 … protection money for nothing
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Help who build a European Defense? Greece was a model paying member of NATO throughout the crisis & a global leader in mil/capita spending, is it really expected to foot more military expenditure expenses?
Who is talking about military expenditures? I meant on an operational level.
I don't understand the context. Who is "us," and what operational level? Can you point me to a background analysis of what you're proposing?
OK? sorry for not being clearer. I simply meant that NATO is the worse possible forum to resolve military or border disputes amongst its members. It was designed to defend the members collectively against non-members.
Nevertheless, NATO has an implied ethical obligation, self-preservation interest & strategic objective, in keeping member states from wasting goodwill, human resources & materiel in aggression against each other. (My request stands.)
I get your point, but "implied obligations" legally mean nothing. You need written obligations to involve other members of an agreement into potential loss of life situations.
Listen, I’m aware of the argument in favor of a European common defense, and have supported it in past. But it’d be patently ridiculous to expect Greece to cough up even more money while in 2 crises. Point me to recent analyses if you want.
I never implied they would need to cough up any extra money. This is not about defence expenditure but about foreign policy.
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