NATO Says Europe Risks Becoming ‘Paper Tiger’ on Cuts
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NATO’s chief warned that crisis-driven cuts in European defense spending threaten to turn the continent into a “paper tiger” in military matters and saddle the U.S. with an excessive burden.
U.S. defense spending makes up 73 percent of the alliance total, up from 49 percent a decade ago, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.