Should the U.K. 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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@9J3L3H2Conservative 1yr1Y
Yes, but there should be more active encouragement of countries to participate 2% of their GDP, and countries that are allies but not NATO members
@9PHMFJTConservative10mos10MO
If the NATO country in question has spent at least 2% of their GDP on military defense for the previous consecutive 5 years then the UK should defend them. If the country in question has spent less than 2% or has not consistently met this requirement then the UK's contribution towards their defense should be proportional to their actual spending.
@8TJX56BConservative4yrs4Y
All NATO member states should contribute a fixed rate to the budget.
if they do not care why should we
@8RR26NJConservative4yrs4Y
Yes but pressure them to spend the 2 %
@8PLDZTBConservative4yrs4Y
No, as every nation should and must start spending 2% GDP on military defence. Until they do, we should not protect them.
@9D2PBVMConservative2yrs2Y
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Yes but we should withdraw from NATO
@99CWH4WConservative2yrs2Y
yes but those nato counties better raise their defence budgets
@96Q894XConservative2yrs2Y
Work to get countries not spending what was agreed to toe the line
@96N6CX5Conservative2yrs2Y
Yes, but encourage them to spend what is right to defend themselves
@8XN9JRTConservative3yrs3Y
Yes but we should encourage all NATO members to meet the 2% commitment.
@8WH249RConservative3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if not doing so might jeopardise the security of the UK.
@8VYLJHRConservative4yrs4Y
Yes we should as they are our allies, but we also need to encourage NATO countries to proportionally contribute to funding too.
@93GCS6ZConservative3yrs3Y
Yes, but put pressure on them to increase to at least 2%
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