WE provide the fucking defense for europe

The euros don't do shit

They're a joke

You're allowed into Europe for a reason.

Our National Guard is better equipped than anything europe has to offer

American bases to ballence Russia come at a price.

Eh, Russia's based now.

I like them more than the EU

Europe might aswell not have intelligence agencies when you compare it to the US

Well you sure do, people in the pentagon are not so keen on them

Fuck those warhawks

Russia is alot less dangerous than the EU rn

Agreed

How so?

They're not crazy

For one

Crazy?

In what way

I can predict Russia's move exactly. We know what they want.

The EU wants to do some weird fourth reich shit however

EU is Honk World central

oh yeah by EU I mean "Germany"

"The project"

Don't get me wrong Russia is still the enemy but like Argus said they have an agenda that is clear and relatively *sane* compared to the EU

>I can predict Russia's move exactly
Russia has operated on a realist basis since forever, but i'd still refrain from claiming that i know certainly what they are going to do

Also the idea that the EU is simply a fourth reich controlled by germany is an incredibly shallow take

Who's in the control then lol

They want blue water ocean access on the West side of Russia, the smallest defendable land borders, and to achieve natural gas supremacy in the region.

No one is "in control" different countries have different degrees of influence, but no country is above the other. Any country that has a problem with certain EU legislation can stop it from passing.

Individual nations have an incredible ammount of power in the EU

lmao imagine believing MEPs have power

Lithuania alone can stop a legislation that all other EU countries support

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The parliament is only part of the EU, and the lack of power in parliament is exactly the reason why individual nations have so much power

Power to do what?

Postpone a vote?

Only to have to vote on it later?

The EU parliament lacks many powers compared to national parliaments

one crucial example would be the ability to create laws

Which are created by...?

but that is designed so the parliament cannot override individual nation states

@Fitzydog Do you know anything about the internal workings of the EU?

Yes, somewhat