I agree with you but to be honest the graph’s point is only to rouse you, not to prove a rational point or start a reasonable conversation.
If the complaint is that members aren’t contributing 2% of gdp it certainly doesn’t highlight the fact how close these countries are in that respect. It only highlights the total amount of expenditure of the USA compared to countries that are much much smaller such as Greece that happens to contribute more per gdp than the USA.
Perhaps the biggest problem however is that the expenditure in the graph is NOT the amount of money that goes toward NATO, it’s total military spending which is a different thing entirely.
If only there was time to scratch beyond the surface whenever we see an infograph:
I agree with you but to be honest the graph’s point is only to rouse you, not to prove a rational point or start a reasonable conversation.
If the complaint is that members aren’t contributing 2% of gdp it certainly doesn’t highlight the fact how close these countries are in that respect. It only highlights the total amount of expenditure of the USA compared to countries that are much much smaller such as Greece that happens to contribute more per gdp than the USA.
Perhaps the biggest problem however is that the expenditure in the graph is NOT the amount of money that goes toward NATO, it’s total military spending which is a different thing entirely.
If only there was time to scratch beyond the surface whenever we see an infograph:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/nato-defence-spending-europe-america/