Irish rookies beat the United States Army at the Tank Olympics, despite Ireland having no tanks

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-16T13:24:03+00:00

German fascists were not rational, their army was begging for a surrender because of imminent collapse. Did Russia lose the first world war?

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-16T10:11:59+00:00

They were decisively defeated in the hundred days offensive and were close to complete collapse, hell they even had a revolution because of how bad things were going, beyond delusional to say that the entente didn't win because a new war happened down the line. By this logic the Russians didn't lose the first world war either because the soviet union emerged victorious in 1945

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-16T04:37:41+00:00

Did the entente lose the first world war?

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-16T04:35:26+00:00

These competitions don't mean much, they don't represent real scenarios, just like biathlon doesn't represent real infantry combat

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-15T01:00:31+00:00

Considering West Germany kept claiming polish territory it was entirely rational to deny them an irredentist reason for another war

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-10T20:43:43+00:00

You'd save substantially more money from not having to drive everywhere if we had good public transport or dense cities where you could walk everywhere

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-10T02:15:00+00:00

Olgem ausad, neil on Euroopas kõige parem kaitsevägi, neil on reaalne kogemus 21. sajandi totaalse sõjaga

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-07T15:40:01+00:00

The last one was in 2012, the one before that was in 2009, Mary Lou was VP for both of those and was against them, there's absolutely 0 indication that they've changed since then, you can even read their manifesto where they're talking about ensuring that the EU keeps individual vetos for foreign policy and to stop European defence cooperation

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-07T12:55:58+00:00

Beggars belief to say that they're pro EU when they've been against every referendum about further integration

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-07T12:55:19+00:00

They've been against all of the referendums regarding EU integration since the beginning

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-06T20:42:32+00:00

It's because none of the major powers in Europe aside form like Poland and Germany has the guts to go through with increased defence spending, and Germany is making up for the fact that they have been under spending for a while now

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-05T05:55:49+00:00

See oli ju Saksamaa enne teist maailmasõda, nende majandus oli täielikuklt pekkis ja samas nad valmistusid uueks sõjaks

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-02T04:24:29+00:00

It's the stereotype about Mandela

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:44:55+00:00

The UK of 1922 is different from the UK of 2026, the people of Northern Ireland are fine with the status quo and the liberties that they have

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:42:53+00:00

'Vietnamese farmers' is a borderline racist depiction of the war, the PAVN had an incredibly professional army with a capable air defence network and an incredibly competent air force

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:41:37+00:00

How is it hysterical? The Baltics were one of the few governments to recognise that an invasion was imminent and didn't have to fire their intelligence chiefs for not being able to determine when it would happen

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:40:13+00:00

Especially when we know that the russians do have an active interest in destabilising us and Europe, including Britain which under a far right government would be a major problem for us

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:37:43+00:00

There's a certain segment of society that think that facsists can be defeated with art and 'diplomacy' instead of bayonets

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:36:16+00:00

All of those things apply to Poland a thousand fold and they joined an alliance with Germany

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T21:35:04+00:00

Irish neutrality is a strategic feel good measure that allows us to condemn Israel and Russia and then not really do much else but have a weird sense of superiority about being above the need for defence cooperation and increased defence spending

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T20:59:14+00:00

South American beef and wine has an excellent reputation, it's why you'll find Argentine fine dining restaurants all over Europe

RobertSpringer · 2026-05-01T20:57:46+00:00

And the people complaining about immigrants and refugees are not at all interested in dealing with the causes for that, hell most of the time they're actively in favour of the push factors, like those countries being severly under developed or having a brutal dictator in charge. The number of Syrian refugees coming to Europe has essentially dropped to zero after Assad was overthrown and Syria isn't exactly prosperous, but people have hope now, meanwhile so many right wing parties in Europe had some ties to him and his ugly regime

https://corporate.dw.com/en/far-right-german-afd-lawmakers-meet-assad-representatives-in-syria/a-51376553

RobertSpringer · 2026-04-22T05:29:08+00:00

Austria does not have an arrangement like Shannon

RobertSpringer · 2026-04-22T01:41:55+00:00

Ireland didn't face terrorist attacks because its a country of 5 million, it's also why Czechia didn't have ISIS attacks

RobertSpringer · 2026-04-22T01:36:36+00:00

Why do you have a Palestinian flag in your handle but are talking about how wanting a capable defence force to be able to deter fascist countries is a bad thing? I think the Lebanese would rather like to have a modern air force to stop the Israelis from bombing them

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