"The elephant in the room is that not everyone in the alliance is yet spending 2% of their GDP on defence. That must be the floor for our defence spending, not the ceiling."

I'm seeing some perverse cross between a beggar with a tin cup and a reverend passing the tithing plate around, staring you down like he's thinking about what you look like vivisected when you pass it along without giving his corrupt ass a dime. "YOU'RE NOT SPENDING YOUR TWO PERCENT VASSAL WHERE'S YOUR TWO PERCENT"