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[10ebbor10]

Wasn't the eurocorps involved in those? Or was it Afghanistan?

[Helgoland]

Afghanistan, probably. AFAIK Bush basically called all continental Europeans blood-drinking bolsheviks when our politicians made one of those rare good decisions

[DWC]

European militaries are tiny, underfunded, undermanned and useless. Even in the height of the cold war, this was the case. They had ammunition reserves enough for 15 days of combat, on average.

It's only gotten worse since then. It's basically just a welfare program for show, it doesn't even meet NATO's obligations. The USA covers all of Europe's military weakness so they can focus their money on the burdens of pensions and welfare cheques and going into vast debt.

I have no idea why European countries are in Afghanistan, they've neglected basically every requirement of the alliance. I suppose it's worth the tax-payer funds to send out some soldiers to Afghanistan so they can be accused of 'warcrimes' and 'imperialism' and whatnot so they can stay programmed and give some diplomatic weight with the USA.

[Leafsnail]

I think it's more that the US has a ridiculously bloated military

[DWC]

I think it's more that the US has a ridiculously bloated military

I don't think the US would have such a bloated budget if it was not for the fact that it has maintained it's obligations and has overextended it'self promising protection with allies everywhere in the world. They are acting as 'world police' and the USA's allies have taken advantage of it by cutting their military budgets because "War is impossible, the USA would intervene, we don't need this army stuff, we have more important things to consider" so the USA's military budget is so huge because it is effectively subsidizing the defense of all of it's allies.

The USA isn't oblivious to this fact, it's only recently started complaining now that public opinion there has shifted toward isolationism after their whatever, 12 years of non-stop war. American politics are fickle anyways, it's amazing Americans tolerate such a paradigm when the average American doesn't give half a rat's turd about any other country's well-being unless it's about Israel.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

i doubt any western power is in any danger of a war they don't start themselves. it's not like the usa is defending europe from unstoppable waves of invaders tower defence style

[kingfisher1112]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-to-press-for-ban-on-violent-internet-porn-8725011.html
Here we go again....

[Funk]

Yes our glorious leader wisdom is to save us from looking at naked people.

well it will be good new for the corner shops , give then a reason to sty open late.
words like a A "secure" Government database back me laugh, im willing to bet that it get left on a train in side of 18 months.
   

[Owlbread]

I know that no matter what petty measures they put in place, if someone's dedicated enough they can find all manner of horror and debauchery in the deep web.

[Helgoland]

I read something rrecently about "worms" being sold via Darkweb: Children with their limbs cut off and their eyes stabbed being sent via mail to be used... nope, not gonna imagine it.
Admittedly, it was in a physical newspaper, but still...

[kingfisher1112]

Also, what do you guys think about making soldiers into teachers? I had a soldier as a teacher once. He was absolutely terrifying, and he was always angry at me because I could never figure out he expected me to end every sentence with 'sir.'
He did make a good teacher, but good god the terror.

I think they'd make good for teachers. Firefighters, if they've still got the strength. Law Enforcement is an obvious one for military police.

[Leafsnail]

Spoiler: Mildly NWS (click to show/hide)

[SharpKris]

Spoiler: Mildly NWS (click to show/hide)

tbh i kinda agree on some points that small children shouldn't be exposed to these sites BUT when do you define the line?
And really? deny teenagers porn? that would last a few hours at most

[Leafsnail]

The links on the right are the main focus of that image, particularly the one about an underage girl.

[Owlbread]

I read something rrecently about "worms" being sold via Darkweb: Children with their limbs cut off and their eyes stabbed being sent via mail to be used... nope, not gonna imagine it.
Admittedly, it was in a physical newspaper, but still...

Yeah that was bullshit, I've read about it. It was just a guy's sexual fantasy that he put out there, like those stories of experiments on homeless people. The real scary stuff are things like I saw websites where I could buy an AK47 with 3 magazines from Yugoslavia for just over 300 euros, or the websites where you can literally order children like you were using an Argos catalogue.