Can she also please tell that to Austria?
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Hey don't worry. Here the Nazi party that won general elections has direct ties to Putin. They like sucking that dick while blaming immigrants for everything, including the weather/climate change.
The irony is that the german nazis (AfD) is also heavily helped by austrians and grew thanks to austrians Nazis.
Austrians once again being off the hook for nazis in germany xd
once again
Hitler was a fully integrated German. Being stupid was up to us, and is up to us again. No matter how much Austrians or others support fascists, it is possible to say no, and we have to, because there is nobody who does it for us.
Hitler was a fully integrated German.
What's that even supposed to mean? He Anschluss'ed Austria basically the first chance he got.
Austria is not to blame for that, like they are also not to blame for Germany electing a former Austrian.
Well it's not like Austria put up much of a fight... But anyway, my larger point was that Hitler, like many other people on both sides of the border, was explicitly opposed to the national distinction between Austria and Germany. They thought that the founding of the German Reich to the exclusion of Austria in 1871 was a mistake and that Austria should be part of Germany. So saying that somebody born in Austria, who believes Austria is part of Germany, is "a fully integrated German" (as opposed to Austrian) doesn't make much sense I think.
That's a good argument.
Wasn't it Austria though that didn't want to join a Prussian led Germany?
Yeah, but the Prussian led is the crucial bit there. Austria wouldn't have had one bit of a problem with a German Reich led by the Austrian monarchy, which is conversely something Prussia was unable to accept. Catch-22 type situation. Hence the split.
There isnt much "integration" needed for austrians in germany. XD austrians are as germans as bavarians
Die schieΓ Kanaken verstecken Hochdruckgebiete in ihrem Keller und lassen sie dann im Sommer raus.
Damn immigrants bringing their hot weather up here, makes me so angry.
In the US, that's how they do, you knowβjust drive around listening to raps and shooting all the jobs.
Geography on the other hand...
It doesn't need to as Ireland has a defence pact with the United Kingdom. The UK protects both Ireland's airspace and waters due to how close it is to our own. Due to the size of Ireland it would never be able to field a military large enough to be of any use operating on it's own.
Ireland counting on the UK despite history is certainly a take.
Yeah but we hide behind neutrality as if it is some greater moral position meanwhile we underfund and train our military.
We could be doing a lot more.
Ireland is neutral, that's their thing, can hardly blame them considering england's bullshit over the centuries.
Is Russia sponsoring fascists in Ireland like elsewhere? Because that would be a call to respond.
Is Russia sponsoring fascists in Ireland like elsewhere?
Of course. There have been all sorts of shenanigans related to Russia.
So nobody should take any stance other than the one that benefits them directly? Well then bye bye EU and bye bye Irelandβs economy. This kind of pick-and-choose, factured, no-consensus thinking is exactly whatβs wrong with the EU today. It shouldnβt be that hard to agree that if something is a threat to the EU, itβs a threat to any country within it
I can and do blame them, it is a cowardly position. We were a fledgling nation finally having full autonomy and self direction when the continent went to shit. It was the right position to hold, we could not enter the war without risking our existence. It was the best thing for us to do. Now it is lazy, and spineless to be neutral. There are no Iranian aircraft refueling here, but we are neutral. It is just cowardice and poor leadership. We could be manufacturing ammunition, investing in R&D. Two of biggest industries but no, wben it comes to defense of our supposed ideals we are pussies.
This reads "please start spending tax haven money towards the common interest"
I do think that we should help people in the region, but is she not a hack?, https://www.solidaritycollectives.org/ maybe potential soldiers should try this instead
What is she actually trying to say?
Ireland isn't a neutral country, it's a EU member state and the EU has a common defense agreement.
The article also mentions Ireland is stepping up defense spending and makes maritime defense a priority during its EU presidency.
So why does Kallas (who is not representing NATO but the EU) call Ireland out for not being a NATO member?
Ireland isn't a neutral country
It is yeah. I'm not necessarily a fan of it myself but that's where we are. We have a defence force, not an army. We have never been involved in a war (directly) though we do take sides, Ukraine being an example where we delivered non lethal aid for the first time in our history.
it's a EU member state and the EU has a common defense agreement.
The wording in that clause is partly to accommodate our neutrality.
So why does Kallas (who is not representing NATO but the EU) call Ireland out for not being a NATO member?
I didn't see that anywhere. Our defence spending has been tiny compared to other nations and with hybrid attacks on the rise across Europe we can't afford to rely on our larger neighbours any more, especially with many transatlantic internet cables coming aground in Ireland.
We have a defence force, not an army.
The Irish Defence Forces consists of three branches:
- The Air Corps
- The Naval Service
- The ARMY
though we do take sides
That means we're not neutral.
The Irish governments stance on neutrality is a farce. They say things like "we're militarily neutral, not politically neutral" which is total nonsense. They have basically made up their own definition of neutrality.
Neutral is neutral. Theres no picking to be militarily neutral over politically neutral. There's already a name for that. Its called being a "non-belligerent" country.
Theres a reason why the government have opposed defining neutrality in our constitution over and over again because it will ruin their bullshit narrative.
On top of that, most Irish people also seem to have no idea what neutrality requires and if they ever figured out what it would really mean then they wouldnt support it because it would involve things like not taking a stance on things like Gaza.
What is she actually trying to say?
Read the article.
Since when Ireland is part of common defence agreement?
Ireland opt out of it due to their neutrality
https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/ireland-and-eu-defence-security_en
Why would it? In ireland case it's the distance.
Most of Europe's internet connection from the US goes through Ireland.
United Kingdom actually. May I suggest you go look at a map of where all the undersea cables go?
Seems you're correct. There are 6 Transatlantic to Ireland and lots from Ireland to the UK but more transatlantic go to the UK which is news to me.
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Ireland of all countries doesn't seem like a potential target for Russia tbh, but maybe there's something I'm missing here
Unless they follow through with their threat to nuke the north atlantic and turn the UK into a second Atlantis
If their performance in Ukraine is any indicator, I don't think most of Europe has anything to fear outside of nukes.
Lots of Ukrainians died and keep dying. Even an impotent regime like Russia can do a lot of damage.
Well, they said most of Europe, and most of Europe has a nice buffer of Ukraine, Baltic states, and Poland.
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