Gates Calls European Mood a Danger to Peace
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke at the National Defense University at in Washington on Tuesday.
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The demilitarization of Europe where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it has gone from a blessing in the 20th century to an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st,
Yet alliance members, he noted, were far from reaching their spending commitments, with only 5 of 28 having reached the established target: 2 percent of gross domestic product for defense. By comparison, the United States spends more than 4 percent of its G.D.P. on its military.
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USA secretary of Defense criticizes Europe for loving peace, and not dedicating enough of its gross national product for defense.
Healing artists: make art to protest this attitude of war and spending!!
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