Yup, gotta make sure the money stays here.
MIL with European characteristics
The reรคrmament drive is scary, we need to see more popular pushback against this.
If all you have to offer is โweapons are bad,war is badโ, you need to think about the consequences of not re-arming. The world has relied on America to be the one that is heavily armed so that we can all sit here in Europe and pretend that we donโt need weapons and war is bad. We got to feel morally superior and peace loving but in reality we had the biggest kid in the playground on call whenever trouble showed itโs face.
It reminds me of a friend I used to know who told everyone he didnโt wear a watch because he didnโt need one. He spent all day asking everyone else what the time was. So he did need a watch, it just wasnโt on his wrist.
So when you have a country like Russia invading neighbours and threatening others with their weapons and you donโt have any, what is your solution?
Just to reiterate, I donโt like the fact that weapons are necessary but I will take the lesser of two evils because in one of them, I might not exist anymore.
This is a .ml user, chances are they are pro russia.
I too donโt like weapons and war, but every time I see someone arguing that weapons arenโt necessary if you arenโt aggressive, I think of Lindesfarne .
May be true, but still Putin is destroying America without have fired any gun
I get your point but itโs not like no guns have been fired
If all you have to offer is โweapons are bad,war is badโ, you need to think about the consequences of not re-arming.
Ok, what are the consequences?
The world has relied on America to be the one that is heavily armed so that we can all sit here in Europe and pretend that we donโt need weapons and war is bad.
Thatโs obviously untrue. The Europeans were involved in a lot of the USAโs wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
We got to feel morally superior and peace loving but in reality we had the biggest kid in the playground on call whenever trouble showed itโs face.
Also untrue. Nobody serious thinks Europeans are โmorally superior and peace lovingโ. What times are you talking about when you say โwhenever trouble showed itโs faceโ?
It reminds me of a friend I used to know who told everyone he didnโt wear a watch because he didnโt need one. He spent all day asking everyone else what the time was. So he did need a watch, it just wasnโt on his wrist.
When has Europe done this?
So when you have a country like Russia invading neighbours and threatening others with their weapons and you donโt have any, what is your solution?
Why are you bringing Russia into it? The von der Leyens and Macrons and Starmers are arming up countries 1000km+ from Russia.
Just to reiterate, I donโt like the fact that weapons are necessary but I will take the lesser of two evils because in one of them, I might not exist anymore.
Whatโs the greater of two evils? Your case is based on saying itโs better than โthe alternativeโ, but you havenโt made your case because you havenโt said what โthe alternativeโ is. The purpose of weapons is to make people not exist anymore, so obviously the more armed Europe is, the more Europeans get killed; youโd have to have a very short memory not to know this.
Iโm answering on faith that you are arguing a sincerely held belief.
It is exactly because Europe remembers what happens when you have an unchecked aggressive neighbour who is better armed than you that rearing is necessary. You seem to be victim blaming. โThe more armed Europe is the more Europeans get killed.โ Sounds like โwe wouldnโt have to kill you if youโd just stop fighting for your survival.โ Against enemies like nazi Germany or nazi Russia you donโt just let them take what they want because they will just keep taking until you have nothing left.
Now the threat IS Russia. It is the fact that you ask why I am bringing them into it that makes me think you either are Russian, are pro Russian, or are trolling me. Why do I bring them in to it? They invaded a country on the edge of the European Union and have shown no honour on the battlefield, committing war crimes. They have a desire to bring back the USSR and many of those countries are now members of the European Union. They have shown willingness to take what they want, and they want to bring back the USSR.
So more guns means more dead Europeans? Really. Sounds like an argument from Russia to encourage disarming their enemies, because more funds in Europe more likely means a stand off, or fewer dead Europeans and more dead Russians.
P.S. I didnโt say what the alternative is because it is bloody obvious. Obvious to me, to Ukraine, to the USA, to the world leaders, and to Russia, but not you.
They have a desire to bring back the USSR
How did you come to this conclusion? I donโt see how anyone could realistically believe that.
P.S. I didnโt say what the alternative is because it is bloody obvious. Obvious to me, to Ukraine, to the USA, to the world leaders, and to Russia, but not you.
Your whole point is โwe need to take up arms because of the alternativeโโฆ but youโre not saying what it is so nobody can possibly be convinced by your prematurely aborted line-of-reasoning.
von de Leyen raised the figure of โฌ850 billion. The money could house 6,500,000 families.
Do you believe that the arms will be used to A) defend the homelands, or B) do things like this and this?
How did I come to that conclusionโฆ โThe demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.โ Vladimir Putin
And this And this And this etc. etc. etc. Needless to say I am far from the lone conspiracy theorist your are trying to paint me as.
No I think they will be used to defend against things like this
Edit: Oh and since you seem to be deliberately avoiding acknowledging it. The alternative is a deeper Russian invasion of Europe.
โThe demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.โ Vladimir Putin
Thatโs reasonable. Most people believe that.
The alternative is a deeper Russian invasion of Europe.
Oh come on, they failed in three years of trying to invade even half of a country with a smaller GDP than Greece. Iโm not gonna be persuaded to support sending nearly a trillion euro to right-wing militaries by that. We both know theyโll use it to project power to the Middle East and Africa.
I might read your links after the Madrid derby finishes up.
Most people in Eastern Europe think about the Soviet occupation as one of the greatest tragedies of modern history. I donโt know which world you live in where they werenโt an oppressive power.
They came raping and pillaging, they took people away in trains never to be seen again, and they ravaged our countries in more ways than one.
And to be honest, Russia is currently doing more than its share of power projection and destabilization in Africa and the Middle East.
The reรคrmament drive is scary, we need to see more popular pushback against this.
It might be scary, but not rearming may be scarier. If weโve seen anything in recent history, itโs that two large countries run by leaders who are bullies care little for what you or I or anyone else wants.
Why? Everyone else is doing it, and as they say, si vis pacem para bellum.
Thanks for quoting one of the most brutal and violent empires known for oppression and slavery on how to achieve peace.
The thought actually comes from Plato, the Latin is incidental because most people who could write in Europe in the past few millennia did so in Latin so most old adages survived in Latin.
That said, do you have an argument against the substance of what I said other than the language?
Any time Europeans and Americans got a lot of weapons to โdefend themselvesโ they suddenly found a great place in the Middle-East to defend themselves onto a few years later
So does Russia and China. Yeah, it would be a nicer world if we all wouldnโt start wars and stuff, but as you can see in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that is not the case. Europe is currently militarily threatened by the US and Russia, so we either capitulate or do something about it.
By your logic though, Russia should disarm, and the only countries that could be trusted with weapons in the region are Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics, as IIRC they never had significant colonies, right? Zelensky had a proposal for Ukrainian peacekeepers across Europe, would you support that together with a demilitarized Russia?
Russia slightly but moreso in Africa. China does not so far. Ukraine is a poor example as Ukraine tried to join NATO against the promises NATO made with Russia.
Russia will not attack the EU as the EU has nukes. The only use for giant armies these days is to do imperialism with. China was cutting down on their army until the US went on a rampage again.
Zelensky had a proposal for Ukrainian peacekeepers across Europe, would you support that together with a demilitarized Russia?
Sure as long as they only send foot soldiers and donโt do stupid stuff like placing missile launchers on Russiaโs border. And they wonโt rob Ukraine of their minerals in exchange.
Russia slightly but moreso in Africa.
Syria had Russian troops deployed, in the Middle East.
China does not so far.
They own 78 ports in Africa over 32 African ports.
Ukraine is a poor example as Ukraine tried to join NATO against the promises NATO made with Russia.
Ukraine asked for NATO after the Russian invasion, not before. All they wanted was EU trade agreements.
Russia will not attack the EU as the EU has nukes.
Russia is currently conducting a blatant and overt misinformation campaign aimed at toppling democrating governments all over the EU.
Ukraine is a poor example as Ukraine tried to join NATO against the promises NATO made with Russia.
Fuck off. No they didnโt, you piece of fascist shit.
Russia invaded, and then they said โWe didnโt try to join NATO because we promised not to, and Russia would leave us alone. Russia didnโt keep up their end of the bargain.โ
Donโt rewrite history.
fuit pax quae nationes europae arma ferebant antea?
That is not even correct Latin.
Google Translate is a helluva drug.
I donโt even get the point, there was no point in time of the history of Europe when its nations were not one of the major military powers of the world. So when was this beforetime when the โnations of Europe did not bear armsโ? In the age of the Sumerian Empire?
Also, why donโt I see the original reply in the thread? I know my instance is defedโed from grad and hexbear, but this was someone from ml, right?
Itโs weird.
People have armed themselves throughout history, even if just to protect themselves from non-human predators.
As far as not seeing the original reply, I donโt know enough about how it all works. I just know I like it here better than the r-place.
People have armed themselves throughout history, even if just to protect themselves from non-human predators.
It doesnโt folow from this that we should give right-wing imperial governments a trillion euro from social programs to go fight Arabs and Africans.
Youโve got to analyse each situation. You canโt say, โThere has been inequality throughout history, therefore we should cut taxes for the richโ. You canโt say, โThere has been weapons throughout history, therefore we should cut social spending to give the UK a new aircraft carrierโ
I didnโt use google in years
Ok, Iโve checked it and wondering what your correction is?
I am sure I got all the endings correct, noun and verb.
Wouod you have used a different verb to โfuitโ?
I should have โquandoโ in place of โquaeโ
Europe hosts 68,000 active duty U.S.mitary troops.
Itโs gonna be great with all countries having right wing parties in either the 2nd or 3rd position all ready to use this when they get to number 1.
Well, we should cut Russian funding to such parties then.
โIf you want peace, prepare for war.โ
Quoting an expansionist empire proves my point.