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Europe
EU plans 'rapid response' reaction force for military interventions following fall of Afghanistan and chaotic US-led evacuation
2021-09-05
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Europe has been talking about this for years, but in the end nobody wants to pay for supplying their share of men and matériel.
  • EU leaders are debating a 5,000 strong force from willing countries in the bloc

  • Calls have grown in the US and Europe for stronger EU military capabilities

  • But some are resistant over fears of an EU army strengthening the 'superstate'
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  They might want to talk to the Dutch or Swedish goverments about this; they got their people out at the drop of a hat.
They had already planned it out, and didn't talk to anybody about it
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-09-05 12:45  

#5  /\ Yes, I don't seem to recall our 'top men' in Washington asking State's Legislators or their constituents about their opinions, wants or desires relative to Afghan refugees or Central American border crossers being relocated (by the Federal Government) within their States.

Or, did I miss something ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-05 08:03  

#4  Soon coming to a neighborhood near you.
Posted by: Dale   2021-09-05 07:51  

#3  /\ Imagine EU paratroopers dropping into Warsaw airport to force the landing of airliners full of refugees.

My greater fear is paratroopers dropping into the Warsaw ghetto to forcefully relocate refugees.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-05 06:50  

#2  ...well, that fits their 'projection of force' ability.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-09-05 06:42  

#1  Of course it's going to strengthen the superstate. That's the whole idea. The EU will use this army not against external threats, but against the European people. Imagine EU paratroopers dropping into Warsaw airport to force the landing of airliners full of refugees. That will be the sort of mission generated for the EU army.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616   2021-09-05 03:14  

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