Why can't Europe defend itself?

[Kagemusha]

About the size:

Country Average Male Height

Netherlands 182.5 cm
Denmark 181.5 cm
Switzerland 180.5 cm
Germany 180.2 cm
Croatia 180.0 cm
Norway 180.0 cm
Sweden 179.6 cm
Iran 178.7 cm
Austria 178.2 cm
Finland 178.2 cm
Czech Republic 178.0 cm
Romania 178.0 cm
South Africa 177.4 cm
Zimbabwe 177.2 cm
Australia 177.0 cm
Canada 177.0 cm
United Kingdom 177.0 cm
Greece 176.8 cm
France 176.6 cm
Ukraine 176.5 cm
Iraq 176.3 cm
Lebanon 176.2 cm
Ireland 176.1 cm
Zambia 176.0 cm
Russia 175.9 cm
Belgium 175.6 cm
United States 175.5 cm
Uzbekistan 175.4 cm
Poland 175.3 cm
Egypt 175.0 cm
New Zealand 175.0
Senegal 175.0 cm
Portugal 174.6 cm
Saudi Arabia 174.6 cm
Argentina 174.4 cm
Uruguay 174.3 cm
Brazil 174.0 cm
Cuba 174.0 cm
Peru 173.8 cm
Thailand 173.6 cm
Spain 173.4 cm
Korea, South 173.3 cm
Paraguay 173.1 cm
Syria 173.0 cm
Chile 173.0 cm
Morocco 173.0 cm
Turkey 172.5 cm
Tunisia 172.3 cm
Colombia 172.3 cm
Algeria 172.2 cm
Mexico 171.8 cm
Cameroon 171.0 cm
Indonesia 170.0 cm
China 169.7 cm
Pakistan 169.3 cm
Japan 168.3 cm
Mongolia 168.0 cm

So it would seem that the French in average are in matter of fact taller then Americans. I wonder what stereotype we should debunk next?

[Tellos Athenaios]

About the size:
France 176.6 cm
United States 175.5 cm

So it would seem that the French in average are in matter of fact taller then Americans. I wonder what stereotype we should debunk next?

Actually considering this is over a population of millions with good statistical data, 1.1 cm is a *lot*... It suggests that the French are a lot healthier than the Americans (length is roughly a function of health, especially during childhood) with access to far superior food and living conditions.

[Vladimir]

Actually considering this is over a population of millions with good statistical data, 1.1 cm is a *lot*... It suggests that the French are a lot healthier than the Americans (length is roughly a function of health, especially during childhood) with access to far superior food and living conditions.

If you Europeans knew anything you'd know that length isn't nearly as important as girth, and we have you at that!

[Sarmatian]

About the size:

Country Average Male Height

Netherlands 182.5 cm


So it would seem that the French in average are in matter of fact taller then Americans. I wonder what stereotype we should debunk next?

I refuse to live in a world where Dutch are the tallest. Obviously Serbia is missing from the list, our average height is 198.8 cm

[Sasaki Kojiro]

France 176.6 cm
United States 175.5 cm


So it would seem that the French in average are in matter of fact taller then Americans. I wonder what stereotype we should debunk next?

Well of course, if you measure it in centimeters

[CBR]

So it would seem that the French in average are in matter of fact taller then Americans. I wonder what stereotype we should debunk next?

Actually I did think about posting statistics about alcohol and tobacco consumption but why bore people with lots of numbers and stuff... But it would show that only a few European nations smoke more than the Russians and that even the Finns would be envious of the Russian alcohol consumption. I guess the Russian average age for males that has recently been lowered to 62, or was it even down to 60, is a symptom of being strong or something...

Also I don't understand the obsession with physical strength in a "sustained war". For conventional wars it is either a short war, where what you have right here and now that matters, or it is a long one where population size and industrial output that matters.