StretfordRed
Afro-European
Israel would not bomb a NATO aligned country.That will be the end of NATO. No more fake invisible barrier for Russia. I think op is right but to simplify it, this is the end of the west.
Spy or sabotage yes. Not bomb.
Israel would not bomb a NATO aligned country.That will be the end of NATO. No more fake invisible barrier for Russia. I think op is right but to simplify it, this is the end of the west.
Actually you’re totally right and I meant to go back to fix that.
Israel would not bomb a NATO aligned country.
Spy or sabotage yes. Not bomb.
I takes 2 years to take a man from off the street to able to function as soldier within a military let alone be fully competent, and thats within the most battle test military on the planet (ours).
That doesnt include buying platforms and building the infrastructure required to support those platforms which typically take at least 5 years. Europe's only experience military units are special operations because the others are so rarely deployed as a large group other than for war games.
Building a military isn't a microwave process. Military spending for EU countries has been declining for 30 years. Increasing military spending wont bear any tangible fruit for those organizations until the late 2030s and thats if political administration changes over that time sustain the funding.
You dont just wake up one day spend money and have an effective military. This isnt an RTS game.

"2 years"
"fully"
I suppose that is what TA is for.
All Germans to 2011 had to do basic army training no? Al
"experienced"
absolute ballacks. 15 years.
"effective"
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hopefully as presented above you can see the weaseling of your words.
also you need to add some hard conclusions.
some "therefores" i.e. explicit conclusions. it adds structure.
i cannot and will not address scattergun weasels![]()
because china actually helps build tangible things like manufacture factories/industrial zones that offers mass employmentAnother thing...how come people keep saying China is doing great things for Africa and isn't fukking them like the west? We've had multiple threads about Chinese exploitation over there, the way they treat African workers like slaves, and the debt schemes. It may not be the IMF but it's similar wild shyt designed to keep African nations in debt.
You gon make the thread?Something is coming but it isn’t what most think
It also won’t happen as “fast” as people believe, but everyone isn’t wrong.
I’ve been thinking of making a thread on it for awhile. Maybe this week.
factsThis is uninformed arm chair analysis at best. It would get you laughed out of any major college global economics analysis class, let alone state department team.
Russia doesnt have the economic or military strength to conquer Ukraine, let alone Europe. The European powers dont have the military or military spending capability to support a war with any near peer without completely wrecking their own economies.
UK has the largest Navy in Europe and they literally have more admirals than they do ships. Their total naval fleet size is less than a quarter of the size of the American Atlantic fleet. And every EU country has dropped military spending (as a % of GDP) over the last 30 years. The reason the EU sends troops to our wars is for battle experience not because they are actually relevant to the war effort.
No one outside the superpowers (US & China) are willing to go to war for resources because they cant afford it and its bad for business. And even we dont want to because its bad for business 99% of the time.
Either warSomething is coming but it isn’t what most think
It also won’t happen as “fast” as people believe, but everyone isn’t wrong.
I’ve been thinking of making a thread on it for awhile. Maybe this week.