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    master of the pwniverse Member Fragony's Avatar
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    Will there be mixed showering

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    I disagree with you Vuk about military conscription. The US military is much superior than any European country, because we only take the best of the best of those that want to join. European countries dilute themselves down with anti-patriotism at home and conscription among the conscientious objectors.

    I'm gonna quote a favorite author of mine that can explain this point perfectly.
    The sinews of war are infinite money - Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Western Europe used to be full of men who were ideal to the ways of war, and the only thing that could hold a European military back was a lack of funding or good military technology. The problem with Western European militaries TODAY is not their lack of funding or sophisticated weaponry, but the lack of good citizens, and therefore the lack of effective fighting men available to them. The rest of the world (the USA, most Asian countries, most South American countries, and most Eastern European countries, and many African countries) has no shortage of able bodied and minded men who have been raised in a culture that produces good citizens and good soldiers.

    The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers - Niccolò Machiavelli
    It will be the countries who have both the good citizens/soldiers AND the economy to support large scale organized warfare that will shape the future of the world. Wealthy countries with no means of guarding their wealth will simply be juicy prizes for those countries who have BOTH the elements needed to be great. Western Europe will simply be a fatted duck for Russia, China, India, the U.S., etc to fight over.

    That is my take on the military situation of Western Europe. The world always tends toward disorder, and the longer countries exist, the more corrupt they will become. The more corrupt countries are, the larger a chance for war. If history has shown one thing, it is that humans will ALWAYS go to war with each other. Everytime they devise a way to avoid war through alliances, economic control, etc, it either backfires, or simply delays war a little. Countries not willing to fight will be swallowed up or brought under the direct control of those who are. Depressing? Sure, but that is human nature, and that is why it is important for yourself and your fellow citizen to be vigilant participants in your society to prevent this from happening, AND to be willing to fight if a war does happen. I guess that my point is that most Western Europeans do not have that will to fight for their country, their family, and their society. They are not proud of themselves, where they came from, or their country. Why would they give their lives after all? Their entire lifestyle is contrary to what makes a good soldier AND citizen.

    Am I right? Am I being too harsh? Do I not have a good take on things? Have I just lost my mind? You tell me.
    You can't dispute this Vuk. You must give up your conscription fetish lest we become European.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    Will there be mixed showering
    underated post IMO.

    The only thing I am gleaning from this thread is that VUK is a superhuman

    Save us from ourselves, we beg of you
    There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford

    My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.

    I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.

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