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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Hasn't that been the target for decades? Or whatever the number was, almost no country has been meeting it.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's been 2%. Historically a lot of NATO wasn't meeting that, but in the last few years people have been taking it a lot more seriously.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoa. Poland sure decided to show up for the party in 2024. I wonder why....

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bad neighbors require good fences, or something like that.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or at least paying the bill from the security company

[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't like this analogy. It's more like insurance premiums. We're doing risk pooling, in a way.

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