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[–] KuroJ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure why your being downvoted, but it’s true. Allied countries of the U.S. do not have to put much towards their military budget do to being able to rely on the U.S.

The U.S. has a strong military presence in the Indo-pacific region and if they didn’t, surely some adversaries would have already been having their way.

It’s unfortunate it comes to this but that’s just the facts.

[–] Version@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

People think big military = war, while in fact it‘s the opposite.