[CrzyLngPwd]

When you are not at war, and your defence alliance is also not at war, and the only perception of war is from the most paranoid nation on the planet, who is also part of your alliance, then ramping up defence spending isn't about defence, it's about profit.

War is a racket. Nothing more. Maybe "Ar est une raquette" makes it sound sexier, I dunno.

https://www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/secret_societie...

[mrighele]

Ideally you want to prepare for war _before_ the war actually starts.

The perception doesn't come from a paranoid nation, but the fact that a neighbor is actually at war and the invader keep telling that after that it will be your turn.

[snowpid]

The most paranoid members of NATO or EU arent the US. Its the Eastern states. You can guess, why.

[rat87]

France is an ally of Ukraine and making sure Russia loses it's baseless imperialistic invasion of Ukraine is the EUs #1 foreign policy priority, because if it doesn't it might attack NATO/EU members.

[gwervc]

Especially with Macron under which the national debt skyrocketed. We are supposed to find a lot of money really quickly but he always spends billions on outside issues without public consultation.

Heck, there's a promise for 3 new billions just this year! That's insane. All that money is going to waste in a war that isn't ours, and that is lost for Ukraine from day 1. Of course in the end of the day it will be citizens like me would have to pay for that through new and higher taxes. As if we weren't already in the top 2 in that matter... https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/france-ukraine-jusqua-3-m...

[RcouF1uZ4gsC]

The pamphlet was written in 1935.

Then came probably America most just war, fighting Japan and Hitler.

War may be a racket 99% of the time, but that 1% really matters.

[adaml_623]

Phew so glad we've fixed that war problem. Sadly defence spending is a bit like vaccinations.