The UK really hasn’t been all that bad, and they’re currently over the target.
The UK – along with the US – was also one of the first countries to provide substantial aid. Back when it was mostly man-portable weapons going over, the UK provided a bunch of NLAWs, which were pretty much what Ukraine needed at the time.
While I share your frustration with where some countries were – Scholz, in Germany, explicitly campaigned on ignoring the NATO target – Cameron isn’t really the main guy I’d complain at. And those countries are also improving (admittedly, now that Putin is actually prosecuting a war, but…)
This is also a pretty self-effacing comment from Cameron, because he’s presenting what the UK did in the runup to WW2 as what not to do.
Western Europe is facing the prospect of having to pay for their own defense for the first time in 80 years and it terrifies them.
I’m sure Hitler would agree with you.
The UK really hasn’t been all that bad, and they’re currently over the target.
The UK – along with the US – was also one of the first countries to provide substantial aid. Back when it was mostly man-portable weapons going over, the UK provided a bunch of NLAWs, which were pretty much what Ukraine needed at the time.
While I share your frustration with where some countries were – Scholz, in Germany, explicitly campaigned on ignoring the NATO target – Cameron isn’t really the main guy I’d complain at. And those countries are also improving (admittedly, now that Putin is actually prosecuting a war, but…)
This is also a pretty self-effacing comment from Cameron, because he’s presenting what the UK did in the runup to WW2 as what not to do.