Comments by "daniel webb" (@danielwebb8402) on "Could the EU Form its Own Army? - TLDR News" video.

It could have relied less just by each country fulfilling its responsibilities re 2% GDP spending on defence. Free riding on US spending whilst simultaneously complaining that having to rely on US seems pretty inconsistent.
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Sentences you don't like to say "So Farage was onto something"
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"surounded by some of the most stable countries in the world" The past 70 years. Not the centuries and centuries before that.
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@montanus777 You sure? In 2006 when originally agreed they set a date of decades later? Or after repeatedly failing to reach it. In 2014 the states again tried again to get others to pull their weight "for goodness sake. Will you even sign up to do it one day? Even by 10 years!"
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@holgerlinke98 Other countries aren't keen too, some. An opt out on military issues is what made the Irish vote yes eventually on their "Best 7 out of 13 but stop when we win 1" referendums
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If Germany had actually spent its 2%, and many other EU countries, then it would have had a louder defence voice. Could protect itself.
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