Re: Germany’s Foreign Minister Calls for a Common European Army
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Originally Posted by Marulus
Yes, even small countries are able to have strong armies. The obvious example is Israel. I don't sympathise Israel or Zionism in any sense, but I am speaking from a purely technical point of view.
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It's also hard to say which nation is 'small'. They say Slovenians are a small nation, but I wouldn't really agree here, I mean if we compare European nations with Chinese, almost every nation here can be considered 'small', but does this really matter? Greeks are a small nation and yet they made a civiliazation we all admire and stood against much bigger Persian empire.
Slovenia is my piece of the world, I simply view it as my land, my world, it is actualy very diverse country with quite a lot strong regional identities, probably much more than those bigger lands. It also stood against all enemies usualy highly outnumbered. I think every 'small nation' in Europe has simmilar story to tell, take Croatia for example if you want.
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Another important thing is to differentiate between real(istic) dangers for a respective nation and totally unrealistic scenarios invented by propaganda with the aim of provoking fear.
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I completly agree here.
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- "Marcus Marulus", Stirpes forum member
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