If France and/or the UK wish to take a leading role in Europe's defense, their current defense spending plans and timelines are far from ambitious enough. They need to implement significant changes quickly
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As a Brit, I agree. Pre-WWII spending was 9% pa on defence. Not saying it should be like-for-like, but it sure needs to go higher, which is as a preventative measure, but also, so that we can stand up to bullies, one in particular, but maybe another.
Indeed and also, where is the UK going to get the loans for the investments from, the EU?! They (EU) will prioritise the defence industry within the EU. 🤣
It's not just the spending on defense that clearly shows they don't understand the danger we are already in, the plans for Ukraine ceasefire and peacekeepers are unrealistic. We need to be ready to win a war against Russia in a year or two to deter it, anything else is just fantasy.
I’m waiting for the reintroduction of the Home Guard. I quite fancy going on parade in the village hall with a 303 rifle and Captain Mainwaring barking orders.
They just need to send their damn AirForce to support the Ukrainian Army and place some orders to their own national industries for increased production of ammunition
Starmer says "500 mill Europeans cannot defend itself against 140 mill russians with a much smaller economy - we need help from US".
Has he forgotten 🇺🇦 defending itself for > 3 yrs, destroying the 🇷🇺 army anno 2022 >two times, incl. almost the entire mountain of 🇷🇺's weapons inherited from the USSR?
Starmer, Macron & others show weakness & indetermination. We need to do MUCH more than scratching the surfaces of our economies & urgently ramp up both production & support for 🇺🇦.
🇷🇺 is on its knees, full war economy, whereas we're hardly scratching the surface of our economies.
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We need to go a lot further.
And the UK needs to rejoin the EU.
But, trusting US troups on European soil is not what we should do now. All Europe needs to make Europe independent from Russia and the US. ⛓️💥🙊
That's literally the only thing needed
They don't have to send ground troops at all
Has he forgotten 🇺🇦 defending itself for > 3 yrs, destroying the 🇷🇺 army anno 2022 >two times, incl. almost the entire mountain of 🇷🇺's weapons inherited from the USSR?
🇷🇺 is on its knees, full war economy, whereas we're hardly scratching the surface of our economies.
500 vs 140 mill!