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28 nato nations, 23 don't paper, they don't pony up that 2%. this is not just some small poor members. major nato allies, france, turkey, germany, there is germany with merkel's riches. italy, the czech republic, our neighbor to the north, canada and spain. supposedly the secretary-general nato says maybe three more nations will come up to 2% over the next year or so. isn't it astounding they aren't pulling their weight? what would you say to angela merkel. they are not even paying the 2% for that. john: i think the primary threat to nato's toll daughter comes from europe. the 2% of gnp, and a...

Governments within the european government it sell who weren't consulted on her decisions. there is a german election coming up. this is what a lot of this has to do with. i think also let's be honest. she was stung as were many other european leaders by the president reaching in public to their failure to meet their own commitments to spend 2% of their gross national product on defense. this is the kind of thing for years american administrations, democrat and republican alike have pushed for europeans to meet their commitments to share the burdens of nato fully and it has had no effect whate...