EU creates mega-army

[Kingpoleon]

you guys got this? again?  We (the US) can leave now?  Germany won't be invading anybody in twenty five years?  We're getting tired of keeping you dumb whiteys from killing each other, will you finally be able to control yourselves?

You have to love how we still have restrictions on the German military, despite it being increasingly clear that the country is one of our greatest allies and not a potential military threat to liberty.

[Silent Hunter]

Should their first move be an invasion of Russia?

what no

I'd prefer if we didn't have another world war.

Besides, isn't this what NATO is for? Shouldn't the EU be more concerned with economy?

It would be suicide anyway. To make up for their perpetually lackluster military pro-USSR, Russia has made it clear that they will use nuclear weapons if met with overwhelming conventional forces. I would think a large military group blowing past their border would count

This.

We're not in Napoleon's day anymore where you could just say "f*** it" and invade the next country without massive damage worldwide.

Global economic interdependence, basically. We need Russian gas, they need our money.

[SoLongAtlas]

It is time for us to leave. Have a friend stationed in Germany now, as well as vets that have been there. We have played our part for close to 80 years and now it's time for Europe to stop fooling around and stand this up. Russia "could" roll them up but wouldn't get very far before it went nuclear and it's not in their interest to attack. That is the only reason we are still there.

[Kingpoleon]

It is time for us to leave. Have a friend stationed in Germany now, as well as vets that have been there. We have played our part for close to 80 years and now it's time for Europe to stop fooling around and stand this up. Russia "could" roll them up but wouldn't get very far before it went nuclear and it's not in their interest to attack. That is the only reason we are still there.

We have to stay Germany, or we have to allow them to have a standing army.

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Germany faces no real threats, it doesn't need a standing army.

[Kingpoleon]

Germany faces no real threats, it doesn't need a standing army.

Every country has a basic right to a standing army.

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Germany faces no real threats, it doesn't need a standing army.

Every country has a basic right to a standing army.

Germany is an exception and for good reason.

[Aboa]

It is time for us to leave. Have a friend stationed in Germany now, as well as vets that have been there. We have played our part for close to 80 years and now it's time for Europe to stop fooling around and stand this up. Russia "could" roll them up but wouldn't get very far before it went nuclear and it's not in their interest to attack. That is the only reason we are still there.

We have to stay Germany, or we have to allow them to have a standing army.

So what do you think Bundeswehr is if not standing army?

[SoLongAtlas]

It is time for us to leave. Have a friend stationed in Germany now, as well as vets that have been there. We have played our part for close to 80 years and now it's time for Europe to stop fooling around and stand this up. Russia "could" roll them up but wouldn't get very far before it went nuclear and it's not in their interest to attack. That is the only reason we are still there.

We have to stay Germany, or we have to allow them to have a standing army.

So what do you think Bundeswehr is if not standing army?

Aboa is correct. The Heer already is their standing army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Army It should stand  up more of the capabilities that the US Army has there now.

[Zinneke]

EU oversight allows Germany to invest in military capability and deploy forces abroad without, er, paranoia. CSDP still has the German Question at its heart, just as the Monetary Union did too.

[Kingpoleon]

It is time for us to leave. Have a friend stationed in Germany now, as well as vets that have been there. We have played our part for close to 80 years and now it's time for Europe to stop fooling around and stand this up. Russia "could" roll them up but wouldn't get very far before it went nuclear and it's not in their interest to attack. That is the only reason we are still there.

We have to stay Germany, or we have to allow them to have a standing army.

So what do you think Bundeswehr is if not standing army?

Limits by foreign powers on a standing army are absolutely unacceptable, at least as long term as a hundred years.

[Middle-aged Europe]

It is time for us to leave. Have a friend stationed in Germany now, as well as vets that have been there. We have played our part for close to 80 years and now it's time for Europe to stop fooling around and stand this up. Russia "could" roll them up but wouldn't get very far before it went nuclear and it's not in their interest to attack. That is the only reason we are still there.

We have to stay Germany, or we have to allow them to have a standing army.

So what do you think Bundeswehr is if not standing army?

Limits by foreign powers on a standing army are absolutely unacceptable, at least as long term as a hundred years.

What are you even talking about?