That's at least encouraging. I've seen interviews with similar people in other states. Of course, who knows how representative they are? What seems clear is that there are quite a few of them.
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That's at least encouraging. I've seen interviews with similar people in other states. Of course, who knows how representative they are? What seems clear is that there are quite a few of them.
More Cosmopolis for me.
No, I get it. Just don't hold your breath waiting for things to get substantially better. These coming years will be the toughest in decades.
Nah, I'd take Germany's economy over pretty much anyone elses any day. If they have the political will to have a powerful military they will have one.
Of course things will not be magically better over night, there are a lot of issues in the US that has existed long before Trump. However, what will happen is that the current rot of democracy will be stopped. It will be tough, but the US will be in a better place in 4-8 years then what would be the case with a second Trump term.
Hopefully that is the case, still won’t be satisfied the orange clown is gone until the result is known.
Turkey is already threatening Greece on a regular basis. That's a reality today.
Global US military presence isn't an altruistic move. It safeguards the position of the Dollar as world reserve currency amongst other things, which means the US can print their way out of trouble where most countries cannot. By buying US bonds, the rest of the world also finances US military expenses.
The biggest threat to democracy in my view is the global response to Covid. We are going the way of much less democracy, with Trump and with Biden. All these 'emergency laws' that are being put in place are here to stay.
However, I wholeheartedly hope you are proving me wrong.
It's not factually incorrect, but it's misleading. I've posted this link before. D+I > R for in person. D > R for mail.
https://countyballotfiles.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats
Wow. This thread is a brutal eye opener. Serious problems caused to dozens of people due to Trump's super spreader. It's bad enough holding a rally in the middle of a pandemic but now people are getting sick and putting their lives at risk due to freezing conditions as well.
It's all so fecking unnecessary.
Could not disagree more, but that's not for this thread. Peope who whine about "personal freedom" in relation to COVID makes me furious.
This is not up to Germany anymore since WW2. You lose a war, you pay. In more ways than one. The only military a strong German economy will help build at this point is an EU army.
Sorry but this is nonsense. The post-WW2 era ended with the end of the Cold War. Now we're well into the end of the American century and Germany like the rest of Europe will have to adapt to the new realities of the world. They may well choose to go the route of an EU army (and I really hope they do) but if they want to build it as a primarily German force there is absolutely nothing stopping them.
Thank you.
To expand a little further, assuming R votes trump, D votes Biden, and Biden has a 10 point lead with independents,these are the early voting numbers: [FLORIDA]
Mail:
Biden: 2.335M
Trump: 1.628M
In person:
Biden: 1.231M
Trump: 1.552M
Totals:
Biden: 3.566M
Trump: 3.180M
Biden Lead: 386K
If we assume the lowest end of independent supporrt and give Biden a 3 point lead with independents, here are the numbers:
Mail:
Biden: 2.318M
Trump: 1.671M
In person:
Biden: 1.220M
Trump: 1.580M
Totals:
Biden: 3.538M
Trump: 3.253M
Biden Lead: 285k
Defend itself against who, Turkey? What the hell are you talking about? What are you afraid of, a third Siege of Vienna? Never mind living in the Cold War, you're living in the 17th century.
There are still allied forces on German territory today, including several British Military bases. The post WW2 era has not yet ended, even though the Cold War has.
The last UK military base in Germany closed in February.
Turkey threatening Greece is happening today already. I thought that was widely known. Guess not.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53497741
Turkey and Greece have been threatening each other since the 13th century. Speaking of another broke state, Greece has a tenth of the population of Turkey and a military that is only somewhat smaller. Also, Greece is part of the EU, and they are both part of NATO. If you think Turkey is a threat to the EU, you're out of your mind.
Dude, you should read your own links: "Following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the permanent deployment in Germany ended in 2020"
As always, 1 poll could be an outlier, but looks like we can paint WI blue. Tough luck @WI_Red (The red means GOP right!!)
I am so angry with you right now.
But your point makes me happy.
So this?
I have:
"However, around 185 British Army personnel and 60 Ministry of Defence civilians will stay in Germany beyond 2020."
Oh, holy cow. An augmented company (which is actually just personnel maintaining some vehicles and installations). Guess the Russians are really deterred now.
Mainly I have no idea why you started down the entire line that the EU couldn't defend itself from Turkey. I wouldn't put money on Turkey vs just France.
There is a cool site for comparison. France would need to use nuclear weapons to gain an advantage. Unlikely scenario in my opinion.
https://armedforces.eu/compare/country_France_vs_Turkey
You would be surprised how vulnerable the EU is without US forces.
Just like Bernie 2020, Trump 2020 is too PC SJW to win*
*a take by some idiots blaming bernie's loss on him changing his stump speech by 5% to include systemic racism
*a take by some idiots blaming bernie's loss on him changing his stump speech by 5% to include systemic racism
I am so angry with you right now.
But your point makes me happy.
So this?
I'll take it. See my florida numbers above and be even happier!
Ps.
Trump's ad campaign; 'Look at America today; rioting, looting, social unrest. This is going to be your future if sleepy Joe and the Democrats win. Vote Trump 2020'
More than half the equipment listed for Turkey is old, things that the US and others retired decades ago. It's just padding the numbers. By that metric you might also think that Russia was superior to the US by virtue of having more than 3x the number of tanks.
You genuinely believe 245 people count as a significant number? My companies office has more employees than that.
I'll take it. See my florida numbers above and be even happier!
Ps.
You know you have done sweet f all when one of the 3 people you can find to praise you is your daughter wife.
And that last statement? He should sent Ivanka to my state without a mask and let her walk around UW Med center if he thinks its over. Asshole.
https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp
France isn't vulnerable, and even without the UK the EU packs enough punch to deal with most threats. It needs to be considerably stronger yet, but its not some harmless collection of countries. The combined EU military spending is easily the 3rd highest in the world.
Just like Bernie 2020, Trump 2020 is too PC SJW to win*
*a take by some idiots blaming bernie's loss on him changing his stump speech by 5% to include systemic racism
If Biden ran in 2016 and got the nomination it would have been a bloodbath for Trump in a GE. If he's losing this badly now despite campaigning on Biden 2020 being mentally shot then Trump vs Biden 2016 when Biden was four years younger and more popular would have won 40 states.
HRC was an awful candidate. And Trump barely beat her.
What is going on in this thread. Turkey a threat to the EU?
Before May, Biden's lead wasn't that great, and was about 1 point better than Bernie and 2 points better than the field. The big shift happened in the later part of May, when covid spread out from NYC and George Floyd.
I agree that he would do better in 2016, that loss is uniquely Hillary. Probably most candidates (Bernie, Warren, Biden) would win 2016. Trump was -20 favourability, unprecedented in history!
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