Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war
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Now add all the EU defense spending together. But yes, China is trying to catch up, which isn't great either.
Those French overseas colonies would probably benefit from more independence, yes, but if you have an actual military base there or an ally that want you to be there, you don't need navy ships capable of operational multi-month independence either. That is really only needed if operating in hostile territory far away from home, and IMHO we don't need that.
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2020s repeat the 1920s bingo: The red scare is back
wrote 12 days ago last edited byThe only things red in Russia are the blood on Putin's hands and a third of its flag.
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Yes, but EU defense spending now is a hundred billion higher and is projected to increase by another hundred billion by 2027. That double of what China is currently spending, and AFAIK they don't have plans to increase it by that much.
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This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they're considering conscription. I also found this interesting:
A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as "very" or "quite" dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.
Thoughts?
wrote 12 days ago last edited byThey gotta be prepared for the 100 year anniversary where they kick off our new tradition of feeding a generation of young men into a woodchipper.
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This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they're considering conscription. I also found this interesting:
A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as "very" or "quite" dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.
Thoughts?
wrote 12 days ago last edited byThat's a very artful headline. It's really bouncing around in my head.
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This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they're considering conscription. I also found this interesting:
A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as "very" or "quite" dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.
Thoughts?
wrote 12 days ago last edited byAs an Alsatian, I just hop they keep the AFD in check for the foreseeable future !
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This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they're considering conscription. I also found this interesting:
A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as "very" or "quite" dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.
Thoughts?
wrote 12 days ago last edited byOh, please. Germany never left history in the past. They’re still facilitating a long-running genocide in Palestine.
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Yes, but EU defense spending now is a hundred billion higher and is projected to increase by another hundred billion by 2027. That double of what China is currently spending, and AFAIK they don't have plans to increase it by that much.
wrote 12 days ago last edited byThe budget, which adds up to about $245 billion, was announced at the National People’s Congress, the annual meeting of China’s legislature. The Pentagon and many experts say China’s total spending on defense may be 40% higher or more because of items included under other budgets.
That is for this years budget....
https://apnews.com/article/china-defense-budget-taiwan-4ac7cbdc7d5b889732cd55916ff7eb36
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The budget, which adds up to about $245 billion, was announced at the National People’s Congress, the annual meeting of China’s legislature. The Pentagon and many experts say China’s total spending on defense may be 40% higher or more because of items included under other budgets.
That is for this years budget....
https://apnews.com/article/china-defense-budget-taiwan-4ac7cbdc7d5b889732cd55916ff7eb36
wrote 12 days ago last edited bySeems to confirm what I said. And Germany is literally discussing non-defense spending infrastructure projects that aid defense projects right now, so this isn't much different from what those experts are saying about China.
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As an Alsatian, I just hop they keep the AFD in check for the foreseeable future !
wrote 12 days ago last edited byMore like the AFD's new arm
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This time one right side of the history. Let’s hope.
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Leftist parties in my small country in Western Europe are mainly advocating for more diplomacy.
They're generally on board with the idea that NATO expanded too much eastwards, undoing a promise made after the fall of the USSR. So they seem to view Russian attacks on Georgia, Crimea and now the rest of Ukraine as a logical consequence. With enough diplomatic maneuvering, they believe the situation can be resolved in a peaceful manner.
wrote 11 days ago last edited byThere never was such a promise, it was one diplomat who sid that and it was pulled back almost immediately. And most of all, there never was anything close to official or formal offered in that direction.
And that a country does not like a defense union, that was founded to manage their aggressions shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
The only one responsible for Russia's aggression is Russia itself.
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Oh, please. Germany never left history in the past. They’re still facilitating a long-running genocide in Palestine.
wrote 11 days ago last edited byYeah keep eating up the propaganda of how air defense, submarines and ships -that carry the aforementioned air-defense- (about 90%+ of all military deliveries to Israel) are used to genocide Palestinians and is totally not defense against actual hostile neighbours.
PS Also actual stuff classified as "weapons" in those military deliveries of the last years consist (after striking of training ammunition and some explosives for testing purposes in military development) one single order. One. That was for anti-tank weapons.
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How does a strong military prevent a war? It didn't work WW1 or 2.
wrote 11 days ago last edited byCounter question: What does prevent your stuff from getting stolen all the time? Your ability to lock your door and a state-operated police and judical system that oversees the adherence to laws or the sign over your open door that everyone can come in an take your stuff unpunished?
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This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they're considering conscription. I also found this interesting:
A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as "very" or "quite" dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.
Thoughts?
wrote 11 days ago last edited byI'm not really sure that we Germans have decided that.
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Yeah keep eating up the propaganda of how air defense, submarines and ships -that carry the aforementioned air-defense- (about 90%+ of all military deliveries to Israel) are used to genocide Palestinians and is totally not defense against actual hostile neighbours.
PS Also actual stuff classified as "weapons" in those military deliveries of the last years consist (after striking of training ammunition and some explosives for testing purposes in military development) one single order. One. That was for anti-tank weapons.
wrote 11 days ago last edited byIs international law propaganda now? I've only heard Zionists say that. Are the headlines of UN health workers found buried with their hands tied behind their backs propaganda?
"Israel has a right to exist" is one of the biggest red herrings in political discourse. It's phrased to portray an abuser as a victim.
Israel does not have the right to do what it's doing now according to international law. Peaceful protestors in Germany have the weight of heavy handed policing coming down on them for this subject alone, exclusive of other subjects. Even a meeting with Francesca Albenese turned nasty - not at the hands of the group, but the German state.
There's more to just weaponry to a genocide, and Germany is complicit. So next time you're pontificating about facts, don't forget to include all of them. And check your definition of "propaganda".
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I see your attempt of derailing, but I'll play the game.
How does appeasement prevent a war? It didn't work for the First or Second World War.
wrote 11 days ago last edited byYou are just naive in thinking that weapons can prevent a war.
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Counter question: What does prevent your stuff from getting stolen all the time? Your ability to lock your door and a state-operated police and judical system that oversees the adherence to laws or the sign over your open door that everyone can come in an take your stuff unpunished?
wrote 11 days ago last edited byYes a state judical system, but not you holding your neightbor at gunpoint, but that is basically what militarism is advocationg for on an international level.
If you will you contradicted your 2nd part of your post with the first one.
