Power games.

[one1]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The US is equipped to run wars, whether on single or on different fronts, longer than anyone else. Huge navy, huge army, huge air force.

The US is always ahead of the other entities in terms of military technology.

All I can say is the ranks are wearing pretty thin,morale is very low in the ranksor ,It can all be just put aside as crackpot specculation.someday thaverage fella is gonna blink and say WTF happened.It is just me fellas I am harmless.

[piece-itpete]

Ice, AMC ROTFLMAO!!

They are about the same size economy as us though.

Originally Posted by bobabode

Which of these four things is not like the others?

The EU - no military.

Pete

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Ice, AMC ROTFLMAO!!

They are about the same size economy as us though.




The EU - no military.

Pete

No. Russian economy is much, much smaller.

[piece-itpete]

Whoops sorry, missed 'quote'! I meant the EU.

Pete

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The EU - no military.

Pete

22 EU members are in NATO.

"According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), France spent more than €44 billion ($59bn) on defence in 2010, placing it third in the world after the US and China, while the United Kingdom spent almost £38 billion ($58bn), the fourth largest.[124] Together, France and the United Kingdom account for 45 per cent of Europe's defence budget, 50 per cent of its military capacity and 70 per cent of all spending in military research and development.[125] Britain and France are also officially recognised nuclear weapon states and are the only two European nations to hold permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. In 2000, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany accounted for 97% of the total military research budget of the then 15 EU member states" Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union

[piece-itpete]

Then why can't they project better?

This article puts France at 5th or 6th:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_expenditures

If you add the % of the EU countries in the top 15 you get 11.5% vs the US's 36. Toss in another (unlikely) 10% for the balance of the EU and you still only get 21.5.

So let them complain, my take.

Pete