Well, that second part is what we all are kind of looking for.
The problem is:
a) France has not enough manpower nor budget to fight the war on their own (in a reasonable delay), and there is no other European army.
so we need allies
b) America is not entering the fray.
c) Iran is Iran.
d) Russia is openly pro-Assad and France being anti-Assad and hostile to Russia because of the current operations in Ukraine, makes it unlikely to form a lasting alliance.
e) No African/Middle East army is willing to go.
f) Turkey vs Kurds.
and for the rest
g) Building european armies and founding inside the Union takes time. The efforts should have started years ago.
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Pretty much sizes it up, although I don't agree that France is the only army in Europe. They're the biggest one in continental Europe, but Italy, Germany, and even Spain and Poland also have decent militaries.
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Where the faint murmurs now dwindling
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Of course, you also rightfully imply than the UK has a more than capable army. But with their current political will to engage in international conflict they'd be as relevant as listing the Japanese as potential allies.
Edit: To be fair I'm not exactly sure where the italians currently stand when it comes to leading a potential conflict in Syria.
Heres the thing....I like Mexican people. My wife is Mexican, so I do have a soft spot for the ones who are here trying to assimilate.... even if illegally.
Its their communist roots. The sjw left literally follow the Alinsky method of facism. He championed tactics like calling someone a racist/bigot to discredit them instead of their ideas.
The problem is that word has lost its meaning and doesn't hurt anymore. Liberal shaming is dead to us.
But that's all they have, so they'll keep doing it. They will even change the meaning of the word.
Now, according to most dictionaries and even NATO, racism is a bias towards anyone of a different race, religion, gender, sexuality, culture, creed or nationality.
Basically, everyone can be called a racist if they disagree with your beliefs!
Disagree with my agenda? Racist!
Disagree with my culture? Racist!
Don't want to say I'm a hot chick after I cut off my dick? Racist!
Don't like my cult? Racist!
Don't like how I dress? Racist!
Think I should speak English? Racist!
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When he's not a Muslim. Easy.
I'm guessing you meant to type "job." It's not his job to defend Obama, but he should correct ill-formed views and borderline hatespeech when it comes from his supporters.
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to him who loved them so.
Where the faint murmurs now dwindling
echo o’er tide and shore."
-A Grave Epitaph in Santa Rosa County, Florida; I wish I could remember the man's name.
"Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Ursula Stellenberger, a 70-year-old Munich native, has been joining the annual giant Oktoberfest beer party for more than half a century but says this year's edition is unlikely to resemble any other."
Sep 18th, 2015 05:28 AM
