Brexit Thread

[Husar]

To ask why we still "harp on" about the war is like asking why the Germans still have war-guilt that prevents them deploying troops en masse even in peacekeeping efforts despite the size of the German army.

I need to sleep now but thanks for the explanations.

The quote was amusing to read, as just this week the Dutch announced that they will retreat from Mali.
And our government was quite annoyed because it means we may have to retreat as well as we depend 100% on Dutch helicopters for everything that requires helicopters, such as patrol support or flying out wounded soldiers. Our army may be big in size and may also be ready to take on a ground assault in Germany, but it's incedibly ill-equipped to operate outside Germany. There were even reports about problems with sea rescue as the army used to provide the helicopters for that but their fleet is so old that some 90% or so of it can't fly anymore and the NH-90 keeps getting delayed because somehow it ended up with a dozen major design flaws or so and wouldn't be able to operate properly in its current state...

By the way, a micrometer and a nanometer are smaller than a 30th of an inch.