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Question for German friends: What do you think about the production level of military equipment? If Russia does move (which I think is unlikely in the near future), how many days does the ammo last?
I have been living in Germany for 11 years and qualify for citizenship. This is exactly the kind of thing that has stopped me. If this country goes to war, I'm out. My presence here has always been transactional when it benefited Germany. It will stay transactional when it benefits me.
Because you're not a citizen. When you become a citizen you get more rights, but also some duties.
Would you agree? I don't know your exact situation and I may assume things that are not true here.
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The OP said it was not for “defence.” I am arguing the reasons were for the defense of American interests. That is objectively true.
The OP probably thought of defense in the narrow sense as "the action of defending against or resisting an attack", and not in the broader sense defined as "we’re going to travel halfway around the world to kill a million people because that’s who we are". A common mistake.
Wouldn’t you do that to protect your family and your home, now and into generations? I think I know the answer.
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No, they are not paid. Their husbands get paid, they have all the pensions and social security benefits, not them. Means total dependence on their husbands. If they get a divorce they have nothing.
Sure, it is well known that in a divorce women just walk away with nothing /s A quick google search shows you that the average is 50/50 when it comes to the division of the assets. Why do you feel the need to lie about something so easy to verify?
Most people don’t have that many assets to live from when they (have to) retire.
Why do you feel the need to change the subject?
Try googling Pension entitlements women vs men.
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Whilst I agree, to be fair, a passport is usually only needed when entering a country, not leaving one, right? Under the cited rule, the US needs to allow you to leave , not help you in entering some other country.
I have yet to leave a country (well, a state technically) without having to show a passport - with the exception of the Schengen area.
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Well that depends. Are they saying this because they have a problem with me specifically? Or is it because they have a problem with my asshole friend who I for some reason support financially? If it’s the latter (like it is in reality, AFAICT), I would first do some serious reflection about my friend.
They are not saying DEATH TO YOUR FRIEND. They are saying DEATH TO PFANNKUCHEN. How much more specific do you want them to be? Again, why would you let them get strong? Just so they kill you and your family? You don’t seem to care about yourself nor about your family enough.
If you stop financially supporting guy A and sincerely apologize to guy B, and guy B continues to be pissed at you, THEN you can act like he is unreasonable and take steps to protect yourself, even if those steps hurt guy B.
You can’t pretend guy A is blameless and act confused why guy B is pissed at you, which is what is happening in real life.
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why?
Because a thousand women don't need a thousand men to make the next generation.
also check who are these refugees abroad: mostly women and children. How many will return? No one knows. Also what’s the incentive for women to return knowing there are far less options to marry?
who will be working hard jobs where men are prevalent?
what about the current generation? Who will be rebuilding the country from ruins? I’ve never seen women working in construction in ukraine
also this is cynical, your position assumes it’s either men or women, not sharing the military service duty
go learn the history and then come here to comment on the matter
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Because a thousand women don't need a thousand men to make the next generation.
that argument is uninformed, check the birth rate in ukraine also check who are these refugees abroad: mostly women and children. How many will return? No one knows. Also what’s the incentive for women to return knowing there are far less options to marry? who will be working hard jobs where men are prevalent? what about the current generation? Who will be rebuilding the country from ruins? I’ve never seen women work…
This has long been the argument for a male-only draft.
One woman can make 1-2 babies every 9 months on average. It is difficult and expensive to speed that up; you can implant quadruplets and induce labor at six months, but that introduces all sorts of other problems. Sperm is much easier to obtain.
> who will be working hard jobs where men are prevalent?
Women, if too many men die in the war.
> I’ve never seen women working in construction in ukraine
This was also the case for the US in the 1940s. Women entered the workforce in large numbers for the first time. Plenty of predecent for this sort of shift.
> go learn the history and then come here to comment on the matter
As you can see from the above, this is perhaps advice you should follow first before yelling at others.
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I have yet to leave a country (well, a state technically) without having to show a passport - with the exception of the Schengen area.
That's mostly because transport companies have to pay to ship you back if you get turned away at the border, so they will want to see your permission to enter your destination country before you leave. I've traveled internationally a fair bit and I've never had to show my passport to government officials when leaving the US.