whatever

Are they too stupid to realize any work they do in any country would contribute to the defense industry of that country?

If they think it's not needed, why don't they start a new country in the Pacific without a military (to see how long it would be before pirates or other countries take their assets)?

Is it virtue signalling is it just that these people have no brain, what is it?

If the argument is just that they don't want to contribute, but they are OK with others doing it, they are just being hypocrites.