Does anyone else besides me feel dismay over our NATO allies cutting defense spending during these critical times when 2 wars are going on, the rise of potential global super powers like China and India and the obvious threat from an increasingly militant N. Korea. Germany has announced they are going to "significantly" trim their defense budgets. My question is...... Germanys contribution to the security or NATO of which it has a huge stake is minimal at best. Their navy is almost as anemic as their air force and there conscripted soldiers now only serve for 6 months. Which anyone who knows the military realizes that being a soldier for six months is like saying you took an online cooking class and now you've become a four star chef. I'm personally disgusted and alarmed at the seeming disinterest of these allies. France too is trimming there defense budget. What this does is put the burden squarely on the back of the US, where it always ends up, and we spend our blood and treasure to once again bail them out militarily and financially. Look, it is the primary responsibility of a country to be able to protect and defend itself and it's people. It is high time for them to be weaned off the American teet which as they bash us (particularly Germany) they rely almost entirely on the US to bottle feed and diaper them. Wake up, pull your weight or get out. Thx! 