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2016-09-18 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2016-09-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Sir Michael Fallon’s comments came as it emerged that La Belle France and Germany had drawn up a timetable to create a "common military force" that would rival NATO in army capability.

Paper tiger without a budget. How much would it cost to replace American capabilities they rely upon now. Heck, their Libyan adventure forced them to ask America for supplies which they burned through in around a week, not including the telecommunications and intel capacities. Big, big, big $$$$$. All talk, little change in budgets.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-09-18 07:51|| 2016-09-18 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Posturing. They should be out within two years, and it will take the EU longer than that to organize the thing anyway.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-09-18 12:10|| 2016-09-18 12:10|| Front Page Top

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