From WSJopinion: Putin’s assault on Ukraine has caused Germany to revolutionize its defense policy in less than a week. Will the Biden Administration have a similar awakening about defending Americans with dictators on the march?
In 2013, it took three months for one million refugees to leave Syria. In ten days nearly 1.5 million refugees fled Ukraine, and the U.N. estimates the number could reach four million. Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyVladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine has caused Germany to revolutionize its defense policy in less than a week.
Progressives complain the Pentagon budget is larger than any other nation’s, but the truth is that defense spending is at historic lows. It’s heading to under 3% of the economy. Defense spending reached a postwar high of 9.1% in 1968 but never fell below 4.5% even in the 1970s, reaching a high of 6% in 1986 at the height of the Reagan buildup that helped win the Cold War.
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