‘50% battle-ready’: Germany misses military targets despite Scholz’s overhaul
‘50% battle-ready’: Germany misses military targets despite Scholz’s overhaul
Nothing black pills me more than reading the comments of warmongering libs of Lemmy. If you're arguing for doubling Germany's military, you should be required to wear a red armband.
I loathe the idea of agreeing with Trump and friends, but I do think he is right in pushing for Europe to be more self reliant and battle ready. I distinctly remember Obama pushing Europe to increase defense spending and he got some pledges but I don't think they bore much fruit. Trump's harder stance may have and might be forcing Europe to step up a bit more. Even if so, he still could have handled the whole situation a bit better. Less public belittling and NATO bashing, for example, even if he and this representatives are taking a harder stance behind the scenes.
The US wants Europe to buy more American weapons to fuel their military industrial complex.
NATO is picking fights and bombing half the world and then starts whining that they are losing their colonial superpower status when people fight back.
If Europe re-arms, why the fuck would it need the US and why the fuck would it still be a slave to the dollar when IT could have the world reserve currency? The entire basis of transatlanticism is that the yanks hold the sticks so none of the leaders in Europe gets funny ideas like in the early 20th century.
How world leaders can be so mundane and pathetic as a rando at the local bodega is one of history's greatest mysteries. What happened to all of the competent people that we're left with absolute scrotum skin flakes of politicians.
Absolutely agree, I think what Trump and his henchmen are doing will ultimately be good for the EU, whether that's their intention or not. (I think it's not btw.) What he seems to completely ignore is that it undermines their influence.
If Europe now bets on it's own chips, military tech and strength, currency, etc., this means the US loose economic and geopolitical weight. And on top of that, the perception of the US as an unwavering ally is lost. The US are now perceived more and more hostile. This means he can expect more opposition from the EU when he tries to do whatever random shit he comes up with.
He's so incredibly arrogant, he thinks everyone is so dependent on the US that they can't refuse them anything, now and forever. I'm not sure I'd want to take that bet while I don't have to.
I mean, if Europe doesn't need the USA, that's good for them? Like, congrats?
The reserve currency is a tricky thing and will likely hurt the USA in the long run. If nothing else, America won't be able to export its inflation.
But if that leads to more options for international trade, it's possible that the world as a whole benefits.
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