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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsForeign policy9yrs ago

Should our country defend other NATO countries that maintain low military defense budgets relative to their GDP?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance formed by 28 countries in 1949 after the Second World War. To join NATO each member country pledged to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military spending and defense and defend each other against threats from any non-member country. In a July 2016 interview with the New York Times Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that the United States would not defend NATO member countries who had failed to increase their military budgets to above 2% of Gross Domestic Product. The suggestion defie…  

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 @8RBQDDP from Vermont  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but we should encourage all NATO Countries to spend up to 2% or more of their GDP on military defense

 @8M98FV9 from Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but pressure the other nations to increase spending

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, when the country's stability is essential to our own national security, but the 2% minimum spending of a member country's GDP on military defense should be reinforced as non-negotiable to remain part of NATO

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but the minimum 2% spending of GDP on military defense should be reinforced as non-negotiable and required for countries to remain members in NATO

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, when the country's stability is essential to our own national security, but the 2% minimum spending of a member country's GDP on military defense should be reinforced as non-negotiable to remain part of NATO.

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, when the country's stability is essential to our own national security, but 2% minimum spending of a member country's GDP on military defense should be reinforced as non-negotiable to remain part of NATO.

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, when the country's stability is essential to our own national security, but 2% minimum spending of a member country's GDP on military defense should be reinforced as non-negotiable to remain part of NATO

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, when the country's stability is essential to our own national security, but the 2% minimum spending of GDP on military defense should be reinforced as non-negotiable for a NATO country to remain a member.

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, when a member country's stability is essential for maintaining our own national security.

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

No, it should be reinforced that each NATO country needs to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military defense as originally agreed upon

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but it should be reinforced that each NATO country needs to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military defense as originally agreed upon to remain a member

 @7PTCG38 from Wisconsin  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but it should be reinforced that each NATO country needs to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military defense as originally agreed upon in order to remain a member

 @8M6D6WR from Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yea but we should find ways to make them pay their fair share through global trade

 @8XLR4JX from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but pressure should be put on UN members to do their part

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