Comments by "Killed The Cat" (@killedthecat1034) on "Top Democratic and Republican senators are working on plan to deter Putin" video.
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@bradpotter6401 Yeah... Don't be making claims for which you are not prepared to back up with proof. That turns this from a fact based conversation, to one party just hurling wild speculation at the sight of no better response.
NATO has stepped in where other countries, including us, have not.
China is our economic competitor. If China was our Real Enemy they could collapse our economy, probably for good, tomorrow if they wanted. China owns over 50% of America's debt. All they have to do is call in a few markers, or stop the supply ships. America is their biggest customer. So to paint them as being against us is ludacris.
As for NATO spending...
All 30 Allies contribute to the NATO budget on an agreed cost-share formula based on Gross National Income, which represents a small percentage of each member’s defence budget. This is the principle of common funding, and demonstrates burden-sharing in action.
These few by example. Your making it sould like NATO would collapse without us. They would not. You need all the facts.
Just a few of its top earners.
United States: 3.6%
Greece: 2.4%
United Kingdom: 2.1%
Estonia: 2.1%
Poland: 2.0%
France: 1.8%
Romania: 1.8%
Latvia: 1.8%
Lithuania: 1.7%
Norway: 1.6%
It's not our "assistance". It's our obligation. One that we all uphold, in order to keep the peace. It's essentially, you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. A strategy that has kept us out of a third world war for 87 years now.
But mostly, again you're not interested in the actions or intentions of, Vladimir Putin. He doesn't care about a peaceful resolution unless he gets to take over an entire country. He's not trying to hold on to anything. He doesn't have a hold of Ukraine. Ukraine is its own country. It's also in our defense Alliance. Meaning we defend it when people are trying to do things like invade and take it over. Just like any of these other countries would do for us. It's super easy for you to say "oh it's just Ukraine" when it's not the US. Except you would have a whole different take on the matter if it was us... and don't be deceived by Vladimir Putin. He's not attacking Ukraine to attack Ukraine. He's attacking Ukraine because he knows we have to defend it. He doesn't give a damn about Ukraine. What the hell does he get out of Ukraine?
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