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only four countries (Great Britain, France, Greece, and Turkey) allocate at least two percent of their GDPs to defense--a requirement of all NATO members. And Greece and Turkey are well-armed only in the anticipation of fighting each other.

Maybe France and Great Britain are also spending in anticipation of fighting each other :)

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 06:53:25 PM EST

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