NEWSMAX: …NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned two years ago that the countries had cut a combined total of $45 billion – equal to Germany’s entire military budget. It has only gotten worse in the interim.
Last year saw the first time that military spending in Asian nations was higher than that in Europe.
“We are moving toward a Europe that is a combination of the unable and the unwilling,” Camille Grand, a French military expert, told the Times. “European countries are continuing to be free riders, instead of working seriously to see how to act together.”… (more)
