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Germany wants Europe to form a 'counterweight' to US
Deutsche Welle ^
| 08.21.2018
| ap/rt (AFP, Reuters)
Posted on 08/21/2018 10:33:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Sounds a lot like what Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted back during the WWI daysa United States of Europe against America as he put it.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:33:41 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Yeah, because everyone has been more protective of Germany than the United States.
Where do they find these horse’s asses?
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:35:12 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
To: DoughtyOne
They’ve been there for decades, but are only speaking up now. Shows how much Obama gave them, including that vile JCPOAthey really wanted that.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:36:59 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Says a country that won’t even spend a bare minimum 2% of GDP for defense. What a laugh.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:40:28 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They won’t spend it on NATO. They’d be willing to spend it on a “European” military if they got a core number of nations to agree to it.
The EU has always been a solution in search of a problem. If there aren’t problems, then they create them.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:43:42 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
I’m waiting for someone to propose evil as a counterweight to good.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:47:43 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Olog-hai
Actually, the years ago one of the big arguments for the EU was to be a counterweight to the US.
This is nothing new, it's just that since Trump is clearly planning to bring their free ride to an end they're finally openly admitting it in hopes of keeping some of the countries that aren't going along with crap like massive immigration in the fold.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:54:04 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Rashputin
Adenauer wanted such an entity to be a “counterweight” to the USA too. Both world wars had the unification of the continent as a means of going after the USA as their goal, as does this “peace project”.
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posted on
08/21/2018 10:58:11 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
said Germany wants a balanced partnership with the United States, in which it brings its weight where the US withdraws. The US should withdraw from NATO funding.
To: Olog-hai
I think a lot of non-Germans in the EU want the US as a counterweight to Germany. And Russia.
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posted on
08/21/2018 11:00:31 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
To: Olog-hai
More like a “Fourth Reich” but with a lot of little “Reichs” to help.
Let’s face it. Germany will never be a credible world leader with the leaders it has now.
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
In that case, let them stay and keep a singular strong leader away.
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posted on
08/21/2018 11:11:48 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
exactly! I was thinking the same exact thing!
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posted on
08/21/2018 11:15:22 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Olog-hai
They’ve been saying this crap for years. They leave out the key part though. They want a strong united Europe.....under German control.
There’s really no reason for us to pay for the defense of these deadbeats. They won’t even pay to defend themselves. Nobody could possibly suffer from the delusion that we could ever count on them for anything. They’re no allies of ours. Pull out. Bring the Boys Home.
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posted on
08/22/2018 12:02:18 AM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: Olog-hai
Yes, I’m sure he screwed things up in ways we couldn’t imagine.
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posted on
08/22/2018 1:55:28 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
To: Olog-hai
Like Chicoms or Russians are not a counterweight to worry about... Back to their old world socialist fascist tricks.
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posted on
08/22/2018 2:59:09 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: DoughtyOne
Europe’s best have been killed off on its battlefields for generations.
This unnatural selection has left Europe with people unfit to lead them anywhere but into further disaster.
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posted on
08/22/2018 3:04:20 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: Olog-hai
Good, let Germany take all the Jihadi.
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posted on
08/22/2018 4:22:03 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Olog-hai
Forming a counterweight costs money. A lot of money.
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posted on
08/22/2018 4:56:03 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
(It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
To: Olog-hai
In theory, he may be correct.
In practce, he lacks the means.
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posted on
08/22/2018 5:12:53 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12) Muller..... conspiracy to over throw the government)
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