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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: Canada is seeking new friends
Date: 09/15/26 2:06 PM
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I'm sure you can look it up and I'm sure that you can attempt to make a point where you say, "look, these other guys are spending money!" But that will miss the point.

The point is that the Poles and the Baltics actually...act.


You said NATO has been reduced to only the Poles and a few Baltic states. Germany, France, and the UK have collective military expenditures of $340 billion, compared to $57 billion for Poland. Those three countries have about 600K active duty military personnel, compared to about 220K for Poland. Those three countries have about 2,200 military aircraft, compared to 450 for Poland. Those three countries have about 300 naval vessels (same size fleet as the US Navy), compared to 45 for Poland. So clearly NATO hasn't been reduced to the Poles and the Baltics.

Sure seems like they contribute military resources to NATO vastly more than Poland. That they are vastly larger components of NATO military readiness than Poland. That you're making some kind of political value judgment about Poland, rather than honestly looking at whether NATO actually relies on Polish material resources or military assets more than other nations.

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