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…
Read more68% Yes |
32% No |
54% Yes |
25% No |
14% Yes, and refusing to defend other NATO countries sets a dangerous precedent for the balance of global power |
5% No, we should not defend any NATO country that spends less than 2% of their GDP on military defense |
2% No, and we should withdraw from NATO |
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Yes but we should match their relative funding with the amount of support we provide
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We should defend them, but they do need to reach some requirement
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Yes generally unless it affects us & put pressure on them to increase their military spending
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Don’t agree with warfare
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yes but only if said country can defend themselves without the interference of other nations
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