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| Germany unable to increase payments to NATO: defense minister |
| 2006-02-05 |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #8 They might have more cash on hand if they'll stop paying ransoms for double / triple agents. Just a thought. |
| Posted by: Omeath Glaiger7877 2006-02-05 17:53 |
| #7 If Merkel upped defense spending directly when unemployment is so high and her govt is trying to whittle away at social benefits a bit, she'd be out of office stat, I think. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-05 16:21 |
| #6 In some ways it's refreshing to hear any politician say "we don't have the money." Wish it wasn't defense funding tho. :( |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-02-05 16:17 |
| #5 agreed that they would better help NATO by taking care of Islamic assholes at home. Merkel seems to have a big-picture mind..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-05 16:12 |
| #4 Germany is unwilling to increase NATO payments. It could cut other spending but will not. You can take that any way you want to. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-05 16:10 |
| #3 agreed, tw. just noting that their bank accounts are heavily overdrawn at the moment. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-05 10:44 |
| #2 It seems to me that it's more important that Germany take care of the Islamic threat at home, and that her Armed Forces be trained to be useful as an army, rather than temporarily taking young German men off the unemployment list. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-02-05 10:05 |
| #1 This is probably legitimate. Germany now has over 5 million unemployed. Merkel's doing what she can with words re: Iran, which helps. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-05 08:49 |