… in NATO, but can't have the expectation of being the permanent guarantor, as I alluded to, from what even Eisenhower observed Post World War II, that shift has to happen. The peace dividend has to end. There are autocrats with ambitions around the globe, from Russia to the Communist Chinese. Either the west awakens to that reality and creates Combat multipliers with their allies and partners … (22:28–22:32)
CLAIM
Asserts that the period of reduced military spending following the Cold War should conclude.
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