Conflict analyst: EU would have ‘second most powerful military on Earth’

EurActiv ^ | May 20, 2016 | Catalina Guerrero, euroefe.es | Translated by Samuel Morgan

[Olog-hai]

The EU would have “the second most powerful military” in the world if its members pooled its resources, insisted the co-director of the Institute of Studies on Conflict and Humanitarian Action in an interview with EurActiv Spain.

“If we added the capabilities we have in the EU together, we would automatically become the second most powerful military force on Earth and the reason we aren’t is because there is no political will. This is because each national government would rather be the head of a mouse rather than the tail of a lion,” said Jesús Núñez, a conflict analyst. …

[DarthVader]

Possibly but they are not there yet by a long shot.

[Mr. Mojo]

If they pulled their resources, the future Islamic entity of Europe would be quite dangerous.

[Mr. Mojo]

pulled = pooled

[mainestategop]

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[Steely Tom]

If they pulled their resources, the future Islamic entity of Europe would be quite dangerous.

Whenever Europeans pool their resources they split into factions and use their resources to try to wipe each other out.

The best, most intelligent Europeans came to the New World, and all that ended for a while.

Now, we're on the same path here.

The infiltration of Islam will add to that process, although the fatalism and lethargy brought by Islam will probably blunt it.

[Husker24]

What would they do with it? They are facilitating their own Invasion now.

[P.O.E.]

the reason we aren’t is because there is no political willOr Faith in Christ's redemption.

[Husker24]

I guess they would use it against their own population if they were to try and resist Islamic invasion.

[Ex-Democrat Dean]

This includes France ?

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Who or what is a Catalina Guerrero? There are a lot of supposedly academic intellectuals who could pretend to do arithmetic with forces on paper. Virtually none of them are qualified, experienced military experts however. The only people who will be taken in by this pseudo expert are those who wish to deceive themselves.

[central_va]

President Trump and the next congress needs to pass a resolution that the USA will not idly stand by if/when the EU becomes Islamo/nuclear state. We will intervene if it looks like a caliphate is going to gain power in any nuclear capable EU country. Using Turkey as an example of a Islamic state the is part of NATO in good standing(loosely speaking) and non nuclear.

[SaxxonWoods]

Doesn’t matter how strong it is if everyone knows you won’t use it.

[Olog-hai]

The fellow making this assertion is one Jesús Núñez, who holds the lofty title of co-director of an organization called the Institute of Studies on Conflict and Humanitarian Action.

The EU has been plotting to unite its armed forces for decades. They’re just waiting for it to be politically palatable among the “masses”, and are creating crises to push things in that direction.

[BenLurkin]

The Caliphate.

[bgill]

Would have, could have. No, the EU is fast spinning down the drain.

[Olog-hai]

Just remember that they have rule by crisis as a founding philosophy. One of the USA’s biggest errors was to support their ascendancy; supporting the ascendancy of Red China was another big mistake.

[MrEdd]

Only if power equates strictly to equipment and motivation, moral, and drive are removed entirely (not just weighted down) is this even remotely true.

We have already seen Jomini’s theories set against Von Clauswitz’s theories. Europe learned nothing evidently.

Islam is about to fix stupid.

Stupid won't like it.

I do expects Europe to eventually win, but members of the Bureaucracy will (of necessity) not be among the survivors.

[Ophiucus]

Led by the French?

Second most powerful surrender force on the planet, maybe.

[Jim Noble]

Been there, done that