The sneaky way of building a European Army. Maybe this'll be the start of institutionalized European armed forces.
Or it could lead to a Athens vs Sparta situation. Who knows.
I wouldn't really call it sneaky since everyone's been noticing Germany building this army for quite some time now
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has repeatedly floated the idea of an EU army, only to be met with either ridicule or awkward silence. That remains the case even as the U.K., a perennial foe of the idea, is on its way out of the union.
ayy lmao
An assist from junior partners may be Germany’s best shot at bulking out its military quickly — and German-led miniarmies
Miniarmies is an adorable phrase, and that's really suspicious. It's like the naming of the battle-tank, spies who first heard of it thought the British were building loads of water or oil storage tanks until they saw the first prototypes rolling over the trenches. Weaponized cuteness
As long as Germany doesn't forget that France needs to be convinced of the worth of this, this can work well. If they keep ignoring France they will embark on another collision course with France, UK, Russia and the USA all over again. USA, UK & France are supportive of Germany regrowing her military muscle, indeed encouraging her to stop cutting her defence budget and try meet the 2% mark, but understandably they will be unnerved by German military unilateralism. Russia will oppose this always again for obvious reasons, but with a supportive France they wouldn't try anything
That seems rather self-defeating, considering Athens lost, but whatever floats your boat.
Athens lost the war, but Spartan civilization crumbled under victory