President of Ukraine Zelensky signs draconian law that all draftees 18-60 to remain in the military

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Originally Posted by Victor

Again, all wars (potential and actual ones) have a fog of patriotic romantic fantasies around them.

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Only for those that don't have to experience it. The others are of different opinions. That by the way is one reason why Germans aren't very fond of wars anymore. Most nowadays havent seen it, but there was that much horror that this feeling was transferred to the next generations.

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Only for those that don't have to experience it. The others are of different opinions. That by the way is one reason why Germans aren't very fond of wars anymore. Most nowadays havent seen it, but there was that much horror that this feeling was transferred to the next generations.

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Balkanites experienced it recently and they're the ones who suit to what I wrote.

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Balkanites experienced it recently and they're the ones who suit to what I wrote.

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These things are very difficulty to compare and I think one shouldn't even try, however, both, what was emanating from and reverting to German territories - started from the 30 Years War - is quite incomparable as far as I see.

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There are lots of sources of different kinds linked below.

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Originally Posted by Victor

You don't know is it really like this, you would love to believe it's so. Maybe Bondsteel base would stay on its place for next 50 years, who knows.

I don't know the numbers, but I guess it's not something extremely expensive to maintain on the list of overseas objects of the USA.

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Yesterday Afghanistan, today Niger, tommorow Balkans...

US agrees to withdraw troops from key drone base in Niger

The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base.

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/2...-base-in-niger