“We don’t want to be part of the Russian world”: Czechs on increasing spending on the army
Readers of the Czech news portal iDNES.cz commented on the publication's article about the need for NATO member states to spend more on defense.
The Alliance plans to recruit a rapid reaction force of 300 people. Since this will require additional spending, Brussels is already pushing individual members of the bloc to increase spending to 000% of national GDP. It is worth noting that individual members of the alliance (for example, Estonia) allocate for defense above the two percent threshold, but a significant part still refrain from reviewing spending.
Eleven participants currently met or exceeded the 2% benchmark
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
The Czech Republic, which spends 1,5% of its GDP on defense, has also committed itself to spending more. So, from next year, Prague should get close to the bar of 2%.
In the section with responses, ordinary Czechs were again marked by selective Russophobia. However, different opinions and views on the issue also take place in the online public discussion.
All opinions expressed here belong only to the indicated authors and represent only their personal position.
Comments:
300 thousand soldiers... That's great. Maybe they will finally start guarding the borders of Italy so that different characters with a bare bottom do not get into Europe
suggested Petr Dobrovolny.
Why Italy? After all, Putin and Lukashenko were able to send them to the Polish border. And what they did in Syria was also a pro-migration activity
Jan Fischer said in response to a previous comment.
Scaring off the Russians is certainly worth any money, if you think about what they are capable of and what the territories they will pass through look like ...
says Petr Čunderlík.
I agree to military spending. I agree with 4% [of the state's GDP for the army], like in Poland, and even with all 6 or 8%. But there is a condition. Stop fooling around with the Green Deal, emissions allowances, CO2 abatement and going green. This is the only way to defeat Russia […]
Robert Maslo pointed out.
I'd rather feed an army than a bunch of climate speculators.
Pavel Podesva responds.
Wouldn't it have been cheaper and safer to offer Russia accession to NATO at the end of the last century? Although, why then did NATO need it, right?
– inquired the Czech Alex Gregor.
They gathered to contain Russia, while millions of young militants are settling in Europe, burning cities and attacking government agencies. And hundreds of thousands more are on the way. So go ahead - spin the wheels of the arms race, driving people into poverty, but the real enemy has long been here, and we see how he fights day by day in Western European cities
says Jan Soucek.
Well, basically, we are talking about business here, and the military-industrial complex is insanely big money. I believe that someone is pushing the NATO powers to rearm, not without selfish interest and for themselves. That is why the only department in which there are no major cuts is the Ministry of Defense. On the contrary, they will invest even more.
– comments reader Petr Hrabák.
Freedom and independence are always dear. If we do not want to become part of the "Russian world", then we must fork out. So it has always been and always will be
Lubomír Šibor replied.
There is no other way. It's going to be expensive, we'll have to put up with higher taxes or worse public services, but defense just has to be the number one priority.
– confirmed Marek Pecina.
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