Another Thousand Year Reich, but really permanent this time. Wonder how many Islamic State Security divisions there will be this time around.
Posted on 12/12/2017 1:36:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
European Union member states on Monday moved ever closer toward establishing a defense union, after the European Council adopted the creation of a new European defense and security cooperation network known as PESCO.
The Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), which was first set out in the Lisbon Treaty, will allow member states to jointly develop military capabilities, invest in shared projects and enhance their respective armed forces. […]
On December 7, Portugal and Ireland announced their decision to join, taking the total number of contributing members up to 25. The countries that have chosen not to take part are Malta, Denmark — which has special opt-out status — and the UK (which is set to withdraw from the bloc in March 2019). […]
Officials have earmarked 17 joint projects that will fall under the scope of the PESCO agreement. These include establishing a pan-European military training center, improving capability development and even introducing common standards for military radio communication.
Germany is to take the lead on four projects: the creation of a pan-European medical unit, a logistics hub, a center for training missions and an initiative to build up faster crisis response forces. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...
European countries putting their defense under the control of Germany. What could go wrong?
Another Thousand Year Reich, but really permanent this time. Wonder how many Islamic State Security divisions there will be this time around.
Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
But that couldn’t happen again.
We taught them a lesson in nineteen eighteen,
And they’ve hardly bothered us since then.
— Tom Lehrer
Anyone else believe this is for the purposes of preventing any other Brexit type events? Raise your hand.
ROTF! Who’s gonna pay for this? Most of these countries either don’t meet or barely meet their NATO treaty financial obligations.
But talk is cheap.
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world": George Washington's Farewell Address
“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”
― Henry Kissinger
This is an example of Negative Synergy. Weak indecisive nations join together to become even weaker and more indecisive.
Maybe this is a good excuse to cut them loose to manage their own defense and bring our military assets back here and use part of them on our southern border.
Don’t hear of Tom Lehrer much these days. Turns out much of his work is timeless.
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