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European Union army ACTIVATED and ready to replace NATO reveals German Defence minister
Express (UK) ^ | Oct 9, 2018 | KATIE WESTON

Posted on 10/12/2018 11:16:42 AM PDT by Leaning Right

GERMAN Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen says the structures for a European Defence Union have been “activated”, and also hopes to develop a system that tells Europeans when to use their “forces”.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; army; eu; europeanunion; germany; leyenislying; leyenisright; nato; putinsbuttboys; ursulavonderleyen
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Don’t you mean muslims now?-)


41 posted on 10/12/2018 11:52:53 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Leaning Right

EU powers ON!


42 posted on 10/12/2018 11:54:19 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Leaning Right

Are they going to come over and burn Atlanta and rape the women?


43 posted on 10/12/2018 11:55:15 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: SaveFerris

No doubt full of feminists, transgenders, and metrosexual males who were raised to be suspicious of guns. A Russian battalion would roll right over them.


44 posted on 10/12/2018 11:56:14 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: elcid1970

Don’t forget the TRIAD that brought down the USSR. Reagan, Thatcher, The Polish Pope.


45 posted on 10/12/2018 11:58:24 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Socon-Econ

I’d disagree if I thought you were wrong.

I’m sure the Russians and the Chinese don’t worry about “inclusiveness” or “quotas”. They building killing machines and armies.

While the West goes all Obama-style.

sigh


46 posted on 10/12/2018 11:59:52 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Socon-Econ

That being said, thank God for President Trump and General Mattis. At least this part of the West is trying to recover from the Obamanation.

Keep it going in the mid-terms, patriotic Americans!


47 posted on 10/12/2018 12:01:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Leaning Right

I read not long ago that the Luftwaffe (yes, they still call it that), the pioneers of close in air support, had around a dozen operational ground attack aircraft. The Bundeswehr, whose predecessor pioneered armored warfare, had fewer than 100 working tanks. And the Deutsche Marine, whose predecessor pioneered submarine warfare, had no working U-boats.


48 posted on 10/12/2018 12:01:56 PM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: Leaning Right

Cool!! Just pay us the billions you owe in Nato payments in arrears, and we will move our bases and troops to Poland, who wants us there, and it is current in its payments.


49 posted on 10/12/2018 12:01:59 PM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: Leaning Right; rktman; thoughtomator; butlerweave
Leaning Right: "I wonder if it will be better equipped than the German army was back in 2014.
Because back then some of their rapid-response armored units mounted broomsticks in place of machine guns."

Photo said to show broomstick serving as stand-in for machine gun barrel:

50 posted on 10/12/2018 12:02:41 PM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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To: Leaning Right

That’s General Sergei Shoygu. He’s half Russian, half Mongol, and looks even meaner on his Wiki page. He’s conducted major combat operations in the Syrian civil war.

Unlike all those cute female defense ministers in Europe.


51 posted on 10/12/2018 12:03:55 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Leaning Right

later


52 posted on 10/12/2018 12:10:21 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: Leaning Right

Please let it be so! Why should we defend Europe when it is determined to commit suicide by a combo of not having children and admitting Muslims? Russia is not their problem.


53 posted on 10/12/2018 12:11:18 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (..Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you.. Joshua 1:9)
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To: dljordan

Are they going to come over and burn Atlanta and rape the women?
*********
While they’re here, maybe the NRA can teach them how to shoot.


54 posted on 10/12/2018 12:11:56 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Leaning Right

[ This could be a bluff to get Trump to stop criticizing NATO. If so, it’s not going to work. ]

LOL, if so, I hope the President calls their bluff. I’ve got popcorn ready to go (new box opened last night!).


55 posted on 10/12/2018 12:14:29 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: elcid1970
Him SCARES me..😳
56 posted on 10/12/2018 12:14:58 PM PDT by smvoice (2 Cor.5:20. "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ")
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57 posted on 10/12/2018 12:15:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: jalisco555

I’ve also read that the British army has more generals than tanks.

But I suppose that could be considered a plus. Because should another war break out, every British tank could be commanded not be a sergeant or a lieutenant, but by an experienced general.


58 posted on 10/12/2018 12:15:16 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

They have to get military forces in place for the Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement V2 so that Poland can be partitioned again.


59 posted on 10/12/2018 12:16:53 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Leaning Right

The only force to possibly have their asses handed to them quicker than the Iraqis.


60 posted on 10/12/2018 12:20:46 PM PDT by struggle
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