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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

European countries spend too much on their people's well-being to properly outfit a military as massive and bloated as America's.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago
[–] sbbq@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Also, rich that in the same breath that you ridicule American defense spending, you cry that Europe is too poor to come to its own defense. Some real mental gymnastics there.

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

What he means is, Europeans get a better return on the taxes they pay than Americans do, but their leaders are still fuckwits.

[–] sbbq@lemmy.zip -2 points 4 months ago

That sounds like a pretty big copout.