7 mo. ago • 94%

Best friends spend more than 1% on defense

r*ddit

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- Make this man the president
  
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- MORE DAKKA
  
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- Why spend 2% at offense when you can spend 3% at nothing of any use?
  
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Damnit.... now i remember something i miss from reddit. Srgrafo comics were always a delight.

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- And for the meme crafters out there he has his own font (yucky r*ddit link)
  
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  If i am not mistaken he also had a lot of his memes stripped of text to make templates for others to use. All around cool dude, i just wish he'd finish making game artwork and start making more memes.
  
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- You can still go on Reddit, you know.
  
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  Shut up with your dirty lies! Reddit is as dead as Digg.
  
  /s😉
  
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We almost made it to 2%. Why is it so hard for the liberal government to tax the rich more to get there and properly support our soldiers and Ukraine.

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- I just spent two and a half weeks in Alberta and I don’t know how many times people just randomly brought up Canada wasting money in Ukraine, and when asked about it they had nothing to say past ‘we should spend money on people that need it!’.
  
  Fuck I hate that province.
  
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  fuck I hate that province
  
  Same....
  
  -Sincerely An Albertan
  
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  I live in AB and the only person I've heard w/ that take was a Russian expat
  
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  I guess the Ukraine population is going to be turned against conservatism even if they may agree to it. Family is more important to them than the culture war nonsense.
  
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  #nukealbertatotheground /j
  
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- Because our country is like 3 monopolies in a trench coat..
  
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  And none of them are military industrial complex. Shame.
  
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- We have plans to triple our budget in the next 5 or so years to... 1.7% we have really dropped the ball. Our forces are a joke. I'm still not sure the f-35s we bought can even operate in our artic, where we need them the most.
  
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- To be fair, given what happens when Canadians get violent it's probably better for the rest of the world if we don't spend more on our military. They're dangerous enough already.
  
  And I say this as someone who's married to one of them.
  
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- Since you added "liberal", do you think the Conservatives are going to increase taxes to the rich?
  
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  Bruh, you know NDP voters exist, right?
  
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Now remember kids, Canada is responsible for half the Geneva convention. Do not trust Canada.

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- I think you're talking about the Geneva Checklist there bud.
  
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  Canada and Poland best collaboration. Wish there was an American soldier that could make funny skids about their checklist
  
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  Geneva Bucket List!
  
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- Canada is responsible for half the Geneva convention.
  
  I know two things about Canadians. They're the nicest people I've ever met. Don't go to war against them.
  
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  Don't be our outlet for repressed violence.
  
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Canada and Australia are just our friends, but England is like our parent. Well, I guess they're also Australia's parent, too which makes us siblings.

Hey, Australia: wanna wrestle?

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- Are Germany and Italy and Japan former intervention therapy clients then?
  
  And France is an aunt?
  
  Nationalism's weird.
  
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  Russia is that uncle that used to be cool, started a cult, went kinda normal after his cult fell apart, but is now neck deep in a plot to destroy you and trying to get the cult going again.
  
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  Morocco is that weird friend who you fought against in middle school and youve been chill ever since.
  
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- Nah, I see England/UK as our ex, and it was a messy breakup.
  
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  You dated your mom?
  
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It USED to be Britain, until they spit in our face by building a pair of diesel carriers, like cowards.

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- The nerve! Did we send a strongly worded letter with pictures of teabags held hostage above a body of water until they get their shit together?
  
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- Weren't these subs supposed to be made for the French but we fucked them over and sent the bid to Australia? Still kinda bummed about that, especially if the French deploy in Ukraine. They're great allies.
  
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  A little mixed up, there. The French were meant to have the contract to build nuclear powered subs for Australia, but the UK fucked the French by taking the contract, with some US help.
  
  The creation of the partnership spelled the end of a French–Australian submarine deal. On 17 September 2021, France recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the US; French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the partnership a "stab in the back"[10] following Australia's cancellation of the deal worth €56 billion (A$90 billion) without notice,[11][12][13] ending recent efforts to develop a deeper strategic partnership between France and Australia.
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUKUS
  
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- they are after all britan, what do you expect
  
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World's largest arms dealer strongly encourages customers to spend more money on arms, particularly the kind only the US is capable of producing.

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- They could but that would mean getting a company to make a factory, get the resources and work force, and then make a quality product worth stockpiling. It's cheaper to just buy ammo through the US...unless something non credible motivated them of course
  
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Our government breaking expensive contracts we didn't need to sign up to a different more expensive deal we really don't need, while failing to properly fund our domestic needs is so shit.

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- Sir, this is NCD.
  
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  I have no idea what that means. The post was about military spending by Australia and Canada, I was pointing out the ridiculous overspending on military in Australia and the related international embarrassment of reneging on a signed deal in order to further increase that spending. It seemed relevant.
  
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- Also strategic positioning in Pacific / south asia
  
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That's 'cos Australia is a US state wannabe whereas Canada can think for itself

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- Australia has to be careful because they have to play a game between the US and China
  
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  Yeah, I understand. I'm a NZr, we have the same issue but with less resources
  
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How standardized is the accounting anyway? Does the US Army Corps of engineers count as military spending? Because in most countries that budget would be categorized as civil infrastructure work and not be affiliated with the military in any way.

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- From what I hear it sure as hell ain't spent on active duty dorms!
  
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- A big chunk of the US military's budget is on very expensive US healthcare. Something like 7% of the military's annual budget is health expenses, and that doesn't even include the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care to veterans.
  
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POLSKA GUROM 3%

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Who’s the one we like? Looks like they’ve got some kinda weird Alaska and Hawaii flag. Are they Hawaska? /s

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