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When you are not at war, and your defence alliance is also not at war, and the only perception of war is from the most paranoid nation on the planet, who is als

When you are not at war, and your defence alliance is also not at war, and the only perception of war is from the most paranoid nation on the planet, who is also part of your alliance, then ramping up defence spending isn't about defence, it's about profit. War is a racket. Nothing more. Maybe "Ar est une raquette" makes it sound sexier, I dunno. https://www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/secret_societies/ebooks/pdf/butler_racket.pdf https://www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/secret_societie...

gwervc 3y ago
Especially with Macron under which the national debt skyrocketed. We are supposed to find a lot of money really quickly but he always spends billions on outside issues without public consultation. Heck, there's a promise for 3 new billions just this year! That's insane. All that money is going to waste in a war that isn't ours, and that is lost for Ukraine from day 1. Of course in the end of the day it will be citizens like me would have to pay for that through new and higher taxes. As if we weren't already in the top 2 in that matter... https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/france-ukraine-jusqua-3-milliards-deuros-daide-militaire https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/france-ukraine-jusqua-3-m...
adaml_623 3y ago
Phew so glad we've fixed that war problem. Sadly defence spending is a bit like vaccinations.
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mrighele 3y ago
Ideally you want to prepare for war _before_ the war actually starts. The perception doesn't come from a paranoid nation, but the fact that a neighbor is actually at war and the invader keep telling that after that it will be your turn.
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cm2187 3y ago
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rat87 3y ago
France is an ally of Ukraine and making sure Russia loses it's baseless imperialistic invasion of Ukraine is the EUs #1 foreign policy priority, because if it doesn't it might attack NATO/EU members.
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RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
The pamphlet was written in 1935. Then came probably America most just war, fighting Japan and Hitler. War may be a racket 99% of the time, but that 1% really matters.
snowpid 3y ago
The most paranoid members of NATO or EU arent the US. Its the Eastern states. You can guess, why.

gwervc 3y ago

Especially with Macron under which the national debt skyrocketed. We are supposed to find a lot of money really quickly but he always spends billions on outside issues without public consultation. Heck, there's a promise for 3 new billions just this year! That's insane. All that money is going to waste in a war that isn't ours, and that is lost for Ukraine from day 1. Of course in the end of the day it will be citizens like me would have to pay for that through new and higher taxes. As if we weren't already in the top 2 in that matter... https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/france-ukraine-jusqua-3-milliards-deuros-daide-militaire https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/france-ukraine-jusqua-3-m...

adaml_623 3y ago

Phew so glad we've fixed that war problem. Sadly defence spending is a bit like vaccinations.

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mrighele 3y ago

Ideally you want to prepare for war _before_ the war actually starts. The perception doesn't come from a paranoid nation, but the fact that a neighbor is actually at war and the invader keep telling that after that it will be your turn.

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cm2187 3y ago

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rat87 3y ago

France is an ally of Ukraine and making sure Russia loses it's baseless imperialistic invasion of Ukraine is the EUs #1 foreign policy priority, because if it doesn't it might attack NATO/EU members.

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RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago

The pamphlet was written in 1935. Then came probably America most just war, fighting Japan and Hitler. War may be a racket 99% of the time, but that 1% really matters.

snowpid 3y ago

The most paranoid members of NATO or EU arent the US. Its the Eastern states. You can guess, why.