Canadians, British, German, French troops did not die in Afghanistan? that might be news to their families
Article 5 was not invoked for the first time specifically because of the 9/11 attack by Canada ?
Those countries gave up a literal handful of casualties and what the US spends on a single year providing their defense via nato dwarfs what any of them spent in NATO operations against Afghanistan and Iraq with the sole exception perhaps of the Brits.
the us spend close to half of all military in the entire world, why would you think they spend less. it does not negate the fact that those countries called for and voted for article 5 as a direct response to an attack on the US and sent their troops in harms way
You claimed they spent their own blood and treasure when they did not. They’ve been spending our treasure to defend themselves since NATO was formed. Not a single one of the NATO nations outside of GB has ever spent more than a small fraction of what they committed to spend on the common defense of all.
lit·er·al
ˈlidərəl,ˈlitrəl/Submit
adjective
1.
taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.
“dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread”
2.
(of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text.
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