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Germany Overtakes US in Ammunition Production Capacity

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Re: Germany Overtakes US in Ammunition Production Capacity

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Post by ragebol »

It's still baffling to see the US lose so much face in so short a time.

There is definitely truth that Europe has relied on US defense for too long, but what the US got in return is hard to put into words and economic terms. We bought your tech, culture, defense and so much other stuff.

This rift won't close anytime soon

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Post by hagbard_c »

samrus wrote: post #4

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> I dont respect trump at all but...

You don't need to add this, just say that you agree with him on that point. If the mob comes down on you for agreeing with the devil you can counter that you agree with facts, not based on who happens to voice them.

Re: Germany Overtakes US in Ammunition Production Capacity

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Post by mog_dev »

samrus wrote: post #4

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The US did not "pick up" Europe's defense bill out of charity. It ran a garrison empire because forward bases served American interests: containing Russia, projecting power, locking allies into US weapons. European welfare states are funded by European taxes, not Pentagon largesse. Defense is nowhere the "largest expense" of any developed country, pensions and healthcare are. Europe rearming is overdue, but the right framing is strategic autonomy from an unreliable partner, not a wayward teenager finally paying rent.

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Post by eru »

dbg31415 wrote: post #5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j20voPS0gI Once all the Germans were warlike and mean, But that couldn't happen again. We taught them a lesson in 1918 And they've hardly bothered us since then.

Nah, it's mostly the Prussians. Those Bavarians and Austrians and other southerns are too jolly.

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Post by wolfi1 »

eru wrote: post #9
dbg31415 wrote: post #5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j20voPS0gI Once all the Germans were warlike and mean, But that couldn't happen again. We taught them a lesson in 1918 And they've hardly bothered us since then.

Nah, it's mostly the Prussians. Those Bavarians and Austrians and other southerns are too jolly.

you certainly don't know how belligerent the Hapsburgs were
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