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**skiboyx** · 10-11-2010, 02:50 PM

Until the EU binds all its independent national armed forces under the yoke of a European Union High Command, that sort of number-fiddling is just a dishonest attempt to puff Europe up into something stronger than it is.

Ok, but if we're talking about a hypothetical situation in which the world is shitting a brick I'm sure there would be developments to further integrate defense. In fact the Lisbon Treaty has already set forth the first steps for that. The EU as a whole has HUGE potential. Admittedly it's not fully integrated and the defense spending in the Euro-area is dwindling, but let's remember that potential can change a lot, much like the US and USSR in WWII. They turned into super powers almost overnight, because of they're potential. The EU has a population over 500,000,000, quality technology, and a relatively strong economy when we drop Greece. XP POTENTIAL!

10-11-2010, 02:50 PM	#15
skiboyx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 439 Senior Member	Until the EU binds all its independent national armed forces under the yoke of a European Union High Command, that sort of number-fiddling is just a dishonest attempt to puff Europe up into something stronger than it is. Ok, but if we're talking about a hypothetical situation in which the world is shitting a brick I'm sure there would be developments to further integrate defense. In fact the Lisbon Treaty has already set forth the first steps for that. The EU as a whole has HUGE potential. Admittedly it's not fully integrated and the defense spending in the Euro-area is dwindling, but let's remember that potential can change a lot, much like the US and USSR in WWII. They turned into super powers almost overnight, because of they're potential. The EU has a population over 500,000,000, quality technology, and a relatively strong economy when we drop Greece. XP POTENTIAL!
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