Former US general advises Switzerland to prepare for war
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According to former United States general Ben Hodges, the withdrawal of US troops from Europe is only a matter of time. He advises Switzerland to prepare for war.

According to former United States general Ben Hodges, the withdrawal of US troops from Europe is only a matter of time. In an interview with SonntagsBlick, he advises Switzerland to prepare for war.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    913·
    3 days ago

    Most are ok. It’s the spoiled nepo babies who’ve grown into privileged assholes that are the problem.

      • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. 
        To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. 
        To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

        Douglas Adams,

    • dgbhxi@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      some people have to vote for them and put them up there. So i would say most is accurate sadly :/

    • credo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      3 days ago

      Most

      Are you sure?

      In any event, its probably a game of tug of war, and the decisions we make as a society depend greatly on how society’s parents were raised.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Yes I’m sure, because most people are not psychopathic, sociopathic or super-rich assholes.

        In fact only a few are at least 2 out of 3 there. The problem is they’re also the ones with the most power.

        • credo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          The question at hand is stupidity. I’m not sure why you invented different problems to discuss.

          This type of discourse is pretty common around here though…

      • turnip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        3 days ago

        The game is abusing the reserve currency to fund your defense. The US extorts third world countries into accepting its inflation by utilizing USD, which funds its military, and Europe figured it would be able to coast on the the US doing this in perpetuity.

        The problem the US faces is China stopped recycling into US treasuries, and other countries are following suit. So the world is changing and rates will be higher globally moving forward, hence Europe’s sudden goal of rushing in a CBDC by October.

        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd_1QEC5r4

        I’m not crazy right, clearly aging demographics and higher yield treasuries are the cause of all of this instability the last few years?