Subject: Re: I must need to drink more Kool-aid
se. The EU and the rest of the OECD have a higher combined GDP than we do. Collectively they have higher military expenditures than we do.

Ahhh, the capable European militaries. The Germans are planning to deploy some troops to…Lithuania…I believe.

Care to guess when that’s going to happen? The answer to that should tell you something about European defense expenditures.

And we rely on them as partners in a host of endeavors, from sharing of intelligence and military installations to cooperation in establishing and enforcing all of the international treaties and agreements that allow us so much wealth.

Remind me. Whose troops man all those military installations and whose Navy guards the seas and whose spy satellites supply much of the intel? This isn’t nearly as strong a case as you think it is.

Look, I’ve said a dozen times I wouldn’t have done it this way. But you guys seriously need to study Europe more.