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According to former United States general Ben Hodges, the withdrawal of US troops from Europe is only a matter of time. In an interview with SonntagsBlick, he advises Switzerland to prepare for war.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Anyone taking bets which Country gets threatened next I'm thinking Jamaica had to hand over 50percent of its rum.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's high time that we throw out the US army from Europe. They've been waging war in the middle east from Rammstein for decades.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 hour ago

your opinion is stupid but I'll let the Russians tell you why.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Lmao this guy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

US troops often withdraw leaving way too much equipment behind.

I better not see civilians with "cool military" gear! That's worst than any weeb or m'ladyian/fedorian.

But maybe I get to burn a Humvee or two since we "lack" those (now obviously surplus too) cybertrucks over here.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

My exact reaction lol. News is like satire now.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

As bad as it sounds, if our European leaders can get their head out of their collective US-aligned asses, it could finally be a push to a more cohesive EU-defence policy that is not dependant on US logistics and firepower.

We have allowed ourselves to be way to complacent for far too long.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

I hope this is what comes of it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

US has a dependency on EU logistics

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Not after the US sanctions said logistics :D

[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Humans are so fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago

Standing in the middle of a fully stocked supermarket saying, “well, I guess this is it. We have no choice but to kill and eat each other.”

[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Most are ok. It's the spoiled nepo babies who've grown into privileged assholes that are the problem.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Plus the morons that keep voting them into power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Plus the morons that keep voting them into power.

Nobody voted Schmusk into power.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago

I mean... It's not like the signs weren't there.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 hours ago

But everybody who wanted to could have known that Trump was going to appoint the most comically unqualified people.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago

People let them stay in power

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Most

Are you sure?

In any event, its probably a game of tug of war, and the decisions we make as a society depend greatly on how society’s parents were raised.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The game is abusing the reserve currency to fund your defense. The US extorts third world countries into accepting its inflation by utilizing USD, which funds its military, and Europe figured it would be able to coast on the the US doing this in perpetuity.

The problem the US faces is China stopped recycling into US treasuries, and other countries are following suit. So the world is changing and rates will be higher globally moving forward, hence Europe's sudden goal of rushing in a CBDC by October.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd_1QEC5r4

I'm not crazy right, clearly aging demographics and higher yield treasuries are the cause of all of this instability the last few years?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yes I'm sure, because most people are not psychopathic, sociopathic or super-rich assholes.

In fact only a few are at least 2 out of 3 there. The problem is they're also the ones with the most power.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The question at hand is stupidity. I’m not sure why you invented different problems to discuss.

This type of discourse is pretty common around here though..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Just my opinion. Take it or leave it.