EU: "Democracy? What's that?"

[Mikey]

Eh? How exactly do two lots of useless troops balance each other out? If anything they'd amplify each other's uselessness - the Ghurkas would have problems compensating for that degree of uselessness.

I'd hazard a guess that Mark was being a tad sarcastic.

[Tsukiyumi]

Eh? How exactly do two lots of useless troops balance each other out? If anything they'd amplify each other's uselessness - the Ghurkas would have problems compensating for that degree of uselessness.

I'd hazard a guess that Mark was being a tad sarcastic.

I'd say that's a safe bet.

[Teaos]

So is the EU army an actual force or is it just talk?

[Aaron]

So is the EU army an actual force or is it just talk?

Talk at the moment IIRC. They've got quite a few obstacles to overcome to get one up and running and if they do, how do they intend to get anywhere? Most EU countries have very little in the way of air or sealift capability.

[Teaos]

I Imagin if it did formed it would just be NATO mach II. Designed to hold back Russia and maybe certain middle eastern countries.

[Aaron]

I Imagin if it did formed it would just be NATO mach II. Designed to hold back Russia and maybe certain middle eastern countries.

Then it'd be pretty pointless. Most European countries have jack and shit for military capabilites, Germany has just one armoured battalion now. And they have even less will to use it.

[Mark]

Eh? How exactly do two lots of useless troops balance each other out? If anything they'd amplify each other's uselessness - the Ghurkas would have problems compensating for that degree of uselessness.

I'd hazard a guess that Mark was being a tad sarcastic.

I'd say that's a safe bet.

Heh......you guys figured me out

[Sionnach Glic]

So is the EU army an actual force or is it just talk?

It's not an actual army, as far as I know.

[Mark]

They just want to be the "over" government, or actually eliminate the actual sovereignty of all the different countries and merge as one?

[Sionnach Glic]

They want to make a United States of Europe, basicaly.
The problem is that they're so fucked up that it would cripple Europe completely.

[Aaron]

They want to make a United States of Europe, basicaly.
The problem is that they're so f***ed up that it would cripple Europe completely.

At least the US had some common culture and language to get things started but what does Europe have? Besides being pissed at the Poles.

[Teaos]

A huge inferiority complex?

[Captain Seafort]

A long history of beating the crap out of each other.

[Sionnach Glic]

And hating each other, and invading each other, and opressing each other, and generaly not liking each other except when really necessary.

[Mikey]

They just want to be the "over" government, or actually eliminate the actual sovereignty of all the different countries and merge as one?

By all appearances, the EU is attempting the latter option, just on the down low.