That's right, the USA has not, and tries not to, act on our collective goals alone. However, the USA has spent much more than others towards those goals. And the acknowledgement that the USA receives for that is "why don't you guys just try cutting your defense spending" and "sorry, I had to laugh at that bit."

 

Being American I never said "why don't you guys just try cutting your defense spending"

 

What I said was "Try cutting that and see the ripple effects."

 

I think you and I had the same train of thought all along. so at this point just drop it.

 

I will say I wish everyone good health, the world is a very big place so I hope the best for everyone.

 

Cheers

I hate to close what should have been a good ongoing discussion, but things are now a bit on the wrong side of the line. I am reluctantly locking the thread.

 

Kind regards,