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One thing which excited me about the EU was, that the peoples of Europe unified without a war or an enemy at hand. That would be an incredibly good sign for hum
by _ph_ 10y ago
One thing which excited me about the EU was, that the peoples of Europe unified without a war or an enemy at hand. That would be an incredibly good sign for humanity and give hope to some future, where the globe isn't split into entirely separate nations.
- kaybe 10y agoThe experiences of the second world war definitely played a role as something that should be avoided at all costs and put up infrastructure and friendship against, so it wasn't really without a war.
- JakeColtman 10y agoI agree that would be a good sign but it's hard to support the claim there was no enemy at hand with a heavily militarized USSR almost next door
- ommunist 10y agoThis is exactly why Germany secretly supplies Russia with top notch military tech today. If there is no enemy, you should create one.
- cmarschner 10y agoSource?
- ommunist 10y agohttp://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/44305 http://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/44305. Despite official sanctions Germany and the US (!) continue to supply Russia. Just like the US sold to both Russia and Germany before WW2. Here about 30% of export increase from Germany to Russia at Deutche Welle - http://www.dw.com/ru/экспорт-из-германии-в-россию-вырос-на-30-процентов/a-2790002 http://www.dw.com/ru/экспорт-из-германии-в-россию-вырос-на-3.... I bet they did not exported beer. Its Siemens, Rheinmetall and alike. Also look in Gardner Research. The World Machine-Tool Output & Consumption Survey
- prodmerc 10y agoHeh, just buying equipment from Germany does not make it some conspiracy of them supporting Russia. Military industries need to sell stuff. France, Belgium, the UK, and others do the same.
- ommunist 10y agoThey are not buying end products. Germany supplies plants (!) for conventional military production. And Rheinmetal financed creation of testing grounds at Mulino.