Could an “Army of Europe” Actually Happen?
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I sure fucking hope so.
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It fucking sucks that this has to be a thing. But I think most people who aren’t ensnared in Putinaganda will have to agree it pretty much is a necessity at this point.
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Considering what Russia did to some ex soviet states after the end of the soviet union (Chechnya, Georgia), the finns were very right to not trust their eastern neighbor
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Although we never even seriously discussed giving up conscription, we Finns also made mistakes. Like cutting down the war time troop numbers from ~500 000 to current ~240 000 in the early 2000's. It did seem like a moderarely reasonable action at the time, but luckily it will most likely be remedied sooner than later.
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Just turn the brain scorcher back on and point it east.
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Europeans do love to hoist their own canards
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After the soviet union collapse many european countries just stopped caring. We don’t need soldiers or equipment anymore.
As one of those Europeans who 'stopped caring:' I hate to say it, but me and my like-minded fellows, we were all wrong ...
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I'd rather say it's the exhaustion of 2 so-called world wars taking a giant dump on Europe and the countries within not wanting a third one doing the same.
But, when you gotta poop.. you gonna poop.
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Even barring the existential threat, a united army seems far less wasteful.
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Pure poetry
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Ukraine?
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Ukraine too, but Chechnya and Georgia suffered during the 90s, shortly after the URSS collapse and before Putin took power, a "taste of things to come"
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A few years ago I would have been strongly against it. But now I believe it's a must. But it is easy to say we need an army of europe that will help with Ukraines defense when I wont me doing the military stuff. I would certainly not want to serve in an army. I am doing a year-long civil service to avoid the mandatory military service in switzerland.
How many europeans are willing to serve to defend europe's borders?
