• bort@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    Hindsight sure is sharp

    In hindsigth, are there strong reasons why european nato members should have invested significantly more in military, than they did?

    • PilferJynx@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      You have to factor in the length of human life. There isn’t a lot of living memory from ww2 anymore. And the ones that are still living are too far gone to have any influence. It’s also hard to justify higher taxes in peacetime for weapons that might never be used.