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2022-06-24 Europe

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-24 02:04|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Well...let's think about that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-24 07:40|| 2022-06-24 07:40|| Front Page Top

#2 With whose money? They're now expecting a major recession and preparing for gas rationing.

Posted by Thrulet Black2833 2022-06-24 08:06|| 2022-06-24 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 ...they could quit importing welfare recipients.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-24 08:16|| 2022-06-24 08:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Caspian Report: #Germany will raise defence #spending above 2 per cent of the GDP, and inject at least 100 billion EUR into a special fund for its #military.

...Keep in mind that at least once, the Bundestag transferred money for environmental cleanup and other green projects into the military budget and then claimed they had increased the defense budget and why weren't those annoying Americans happy with that?

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-06-24 08:59|| 2022-06-24 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 I guess the current German MoD chief can later expect a cushy job in Brussels just like Ursula von der Leyen.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-06-24 09:15|| 2022-06-24 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Germany thinks there military is full of nazis, and only serves as a training ground for far right lunatics. They are not in favor of expanding the military.

They like very much the situation they have now: America foots the bill for their defense and they return the favor with open contempt for us.

Posted by Albemarle Snerert7268 2022-06-24 12:21|| 2022-06-24 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 There were consecutive German generals serving as the USAREUR Chief of Staff. I don't know about now, though. I'm sure their visits to the SCIF were interesting.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-06-24 17:11|| 2022-06-24 17:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Russia chokes gas flow, Germans fear ‘Lehman Moment’

Politicians tremble at prediction of a boost in the typical German household’s heating bill by $2,772 a year

Posted by Bugs Bonaparte8101 2022-06-24 17:46|| 2022-06-24 17:46|| Front Page Top

#9 "Even though being cold is good for you, did you know eating bugs can help warm you up? Would you like to know more?"

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-06-24 18:34|| 2022-06-24 18:34|| Front Page Top

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