oh I don't think ben's 'accidentally' misinterpretting, I'm fairly certain no one here is talking with honest civil intent

I am lmaoo

thats pretty rich coming from you tbh

I just hopped in

TBH, the US politics channel should be trash, to properly reflect US politics.

^^^

accurate

but for real, nationalism as a word has been treated just as poorly by republicans as democrats, at least till trump got in.

@Jokerfaic I agree with that

before obama your nationalistic duty was to get shipped off and die in a fucking pitiless desert that won't remember your name, surrounded by people who hate you, and feeding the agenda of fat saudi kings

Or jungle

no that just wasn't discussed

haha

oh btw, we're in Lithuania as of this month

know why?

No

Why?

good, neither does anyone else

also, this information isn't quite substanciated, but I fucking dare you to say you'd be shocked if it were true

Honestly, I'm surprised we weren't already there. Doesn't the US have military bases in, like, 180 countries?

Yes

oh fuck me that's right, this is old news

Something like that

they got a big shipment of troops in like 2014 to "ease worries over ukraine"

Whose worries, I wonder?

you wonder wisely

Imagine sending your army to defend other countries that aren't reaching NATO military budget percentages.
The US are such cucks.

Can't argue about that

We really are

I wonder why the Germans don't handle shit in their own area of the planet?

the soviets are dead, nato is by definition obsolete

https://www.statista.com/chart/17529/nato-defense-spending/

So nobody is paying their 2.5 percent

2%

We should just let Russia invade

Yeah, it's 2%, methinks, and the baltic states actually upped it from 2017

Honestly, the US should be helping Russia

no excuse, the soviets are dead, the treaty is null

They all meet the quota

Over the last few years, almost all those countries have increased their share

Several have hit/passed 2%