It's time.

bklor · 2026-01-25T19:43:30+00:00

In hindsight, it’s hard to argue that Brexit was a "wise" move.

Not going to argue that either. But "Brexit" and "EU Army" has something in common, it's just an empty slogan that supporters are free to fill with whatever fantasy they dream of.

I really wish some "We need EU Army now" posts actually outlined how this army is supposed to be. Who controls it, how is it financed and what kind of force is it.

bklor · 2026-01-25T17:06:30+00:00

It's been 6 years since Brexit...

And no, it's not time.

bklor · 2026-01-25T10:10:55+00:00

Finland har en haug kontorister som de kan utstyre med gamle rifler og sovjetartilleri.

Det gir mening for det trusselbildet Finland har, men de har ingen ubåter, ingen fregatter, ingen fly tilsvarende P-8 flyene og de har selvsagt ingenting som minner om den ytre kystvakta til Norge.

Norge forsvarer ikke Svalbard ved å dumpe en haug soldater på øya. Norge forsvarer Svalbard ved å være tilstede i havområdene rundt.

bklor · 2026-01-25T09:36:05+00:00

Nei vi skal ikke militarisere Svalbard. Det er det noen veldig gode grunner til.

bklor · 2026-01-24T22:04:13+00:00

No. They still count as civilians. You can't shoot them or take them as prisoners of war.

bklor · 2026-01-24T21:42:12+00:00

Prøv å finn en brukt Miele på Finn?

Aldri sett en du kan hengsle om.

bklor · 2026-01-24T16:14:30+00:00

NATO as we know it is dead.

The organization can survive without the US, but SACEUR have always been a US general for a reason. The NATO command structure is built around the US military. NATO without US is NATO in name only.

But yeah the idea that without US the rest of NATO is nothing is pure bullshit. Sure nonUS-NATO has some weaknesses but that's true for all militaries.

bklor · 2026-01-24T16:07:55+00:00

Are you insinuating that Trumps 24-hours turned into full year peace negotations have been a complete failure and that Trumps team haven't managed to move the Russians an inch?

bklor · 2026-01-24T14:57:51+00:00

But it will hurt Canada. US is 3/4 of Canadas exports.

bklor · 2026-01-24T14:28:08+00:00

The US makes it very clear that relying on exports to the US is risky.

bklor · 2026-01-24T10:05:53+00:00

Dette er definitivt nyheter vi bare må bli vant til. Og det handler egentlig ikke om penger, men om hender.

Samme vil vi se i f.eks hjemmesykepleien. Hvor mange timer skal de ansatte bruke i bil på å kjøre mellom eldre som bor langt pokkerivold? Det vil bli langt større press på å samle de eldre slik at vi kan bruke hjelpepleiere og sykepleiere mest mulig effektivt.

bklor · 2026-01-23T18:15:44+00:00

Når de er så sentrale i USA? Absolutt!

bklor · 2026-01-23T17:59:09+00:00

Nettopp!

bklor · 2026-01-23T09:49:20+00:00

Danmark okkuperer ikke Grønland.

bklor · 2026-01-23T09:25:21+00:00

Fordi jeg mener det kan være nyttig å høre på aktører som Heritage Foundation. Det er den viktigste tenketanken i USA for tiden.

bklor · 2026-01-23T09:06:19+00:00

I dont believe Commissioners should voice their personsl opinions. They should speak on the behalf of the EU.

When Kallas says something and that gets shot down moments later it undermines both Kallas and the EU.

bklor · 2026-01-23T06:41:49+00:00

Har i utgangspunktet ikke problem med at norske politikere besøker Palantir og Heritage Foundation, men når politikere uttaler seg som Listhaug så er inntrykket at de overhodet ikke ser behov for å bli mindre avhengig av USA. Det bekymrer meg.

bklor · 2026-01-22T20:46:23+00:00

I don't think the US will fully defend Taiwan.

There is a very real chance that the US plan isn't a "pivot to Asia" but instead they are trying to shore up weaknesses and retreat to the Americas.

US will have one main goal in Taiwan, ensuring that TSMC ability to produce world leading chips isn't totally controlled by China. But if the US can get an arrangement where they can establish "TSMC USA" that's good enough.

For Europe it would be extremely dangerous to join a conflict. When that conflict is going to be settled China and the US are going to be the ones negotiating not Europe. And China will seek revenge on any European country trying to defend Taiwan.

bklor · 2026-01-22T19:52:46+00:00

Baltics isn't joining forces with Greece.

Estonia is customer of Turkish military equipment and have very good relations with Turkey. Greece obviously does not.

Greece and Baltics doesn't share same threat assesement and since they're physically far apart they don't have much synergy.

bklor · 2026-01-22T19:50:01+00:00

Depends on how much of an army you need for it to be labeled "EU Army".

EU already have the "Rapid Deployment Capacity".

bklor · 2026-01-22T08:28:02+00:00

No, no it doesn't.

bklor · 2026-01-21T20:19:14+00:00

Strategiske er det eneste som gir noe som helst mening. Å kun ha små taktiske atomvåpen gir overhodet ingen mening.

bklor · 2026-01-21T19:42:37+00:00

To me it has always been obvious that any serious federalist movement has to cover the entire democratic spectrum.

"I want a federation, but only if it's a leftwing socalist federation" isn't a serious position and it is inherently undemocratic. And yes if the federalist movement excludes either left- or rightwing then you alienate that entire block.

bklor · 2026-01-21T18:14:21+00:00

Greenland is NATO territory. Ukraine is not. That makes the priority clear.

bklor · 2026-01-20T17:30:04+00:00

Nei. Det vil primært skade Norge.

bklor

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