Ex-Pentagon official urges US to ‘squeeze’ UK on defense amid Falklands furor
Morgan Murphy says U.S. neutrality on Falkland Islands sovereignty is unchanged but warns Washington may squeeze Britain on NATO defense spending.
TL;DR
- U.S. neutrality on Falkland Islands sovereignty remains unchanged.
- A former Pentagon official believes the U.S. may exert diplomatic pressure on the UK to meet NATO defense spending commitments.
- Reports suggest the UK government may drop its target of spending 3% of GDP on defense by 2030.
- The U.S. is pushing European allies to take greater responsibility for NATO's conventional defense.
- The U.K. government states it is NATO's third-largest cash spender on defense and the only European member to commit its nuclear deterrent.