Been there, done that...
Why would you expect people not to mock you Herr Bartels, when you never learned to use plurals?
I didn’t know he spoke for Italy Czech Republic, Netherlands and every body else :)
People say I’m nuts (and I am :)) but another war in Western Europe is NOT as implausible as some think.
Sure they have their hands full with muzzies, who would love to see infighting among the W European countries.
If not outright fighting.
What if a few countries refuse to join the European Army?
They’ll even likely allow Arabs in their army...that should work out swell.
The Germans sure have a propensity to try to screw Europe up. They are very creative and means of doing it. Who would have ever thought that in the name of pacifism they could still aggressively screw Europe up
Been there, done that...
If so, it’ll be made up of muzzies and they will be out attacking anyone not a muzzie. The Germans will go, “we didn’t know they would do THAT!”
> Bartel alleged the age-old system of national armies accountable to national governments was “disorganised, technically fragmented and duplicate structures unnecessarily”. <
Oh, so the nations of Western Europe should give up the right to defend themselves because some structures are unnecessarily duplicated.
Powerful argument there, Herr Bartel!
It is a quite realistic Franco-German project and I am in favour of it. The contemporary nations in Europe are too small to compete against China, Russia, India or the US. Therefore we Europeans have to consolidate our means. No matter if we speak about economy or millitary. Otherwise we will end up like the UK. Poor and meaningless.
‘In the End There Will Be a European Army’
All run by the Germans, of course.
Ein Reich under Mohammed.
Europe went for a great length of time without standing armies, instead relying on mercenaries to carry out their grievances against each other. Doing so saved a lot of money and avoided a lot of collateral damage.
The reason there will not be an effective Euro-army is because nobody wants to either pay for it, or man it with their own citizens.
Hans-Peter is right and the EU Army will be German controlled and, the militaristic Germany will once again be a threat to the world. They already are in control of the army-less EU.
I doubt the American youth will ever rise up again to rid the world of a cancer.
Wonder when will go to war with these psychos......?
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
Über alles in der Welt,
Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammenhält.
Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt,
|: Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
Über alles in der Welt! :|
Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang
Sollen in der Welt behalten
Ihren alten schönen Klang,
Uns zu edler Tat begeistern
Unser ganzes Leben lang.
|: Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang! :
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland!
Danach lasst uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand;
|: Blüh’ im Glanze dieses Glückes,
Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! :|
I wonder who they think will pay for it....
Of course there will. It will be made up of Muslims and they will be subjugating the native Europeans.
An army filled with mad dog refugees? Could explain their migrant policy.
But that surrender of sovereignty can bite hard. It was, after all, a pan-European diplomatic decision to award the Sudetenland to the Germans at the expense of a member state. That one didn't turn out very well.