UK votes to leave EU

Re:UK votes to leave EU by _ph_ on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:06AM (#11967733)

One thing which excited me about the EU was, that the peoples of Europe unified without a war or an enemy at hand. That would be an incredibly good sign for humanity and give hope to some future, where the globe isn't split into entirely separate nations.

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by JakeColtman on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:39AM (#11969290)

I agree that would be a good sign but it's hard to support the claim there was no enemy at hand with a heavily militarized USSR almost next door

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by ommunist on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:08PM (#11973031)

This is exactly why Germany secretly supplies Russia with top notch military tech today. If there is no enemy, you should create one.

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by prodmerc on Saturday June 25, 2016 @10:40AM (#11976451)

Heh, just buying equipment from Germany does not make it some conspiracy of them supporting Russia.

Military industries need to sell stuff. France, Belgium, the UK, and others do the same.

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by ommunist on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:17AM (#11984450)

They are not buying end products. Germany supplies plants (!) for conventional military production. And Rheinmetal financed creation of testing grounds at Mulino.

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by cmarschner on Friday June 24, 2016 @06:45PM (#11974082)

Source?

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by ommunist on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @12:46AM (#11991545)

http://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/44305. Despite official sanctions Germany and the US (!) continue to supply Russia. Just like the US sold to both Russia and Germany before WW2.

Here about 30% of export increase from Germany to Russia at Deutche Welle - http://www.dw.com/ru/экспорт-из-германии-в-россию-вырос-на-3.... I bet they did not exported beer. Its Siemens, Rheinmetall and alike.

Also look in Gardner Research. The World Machine-Tool Output & Consumption Survey

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Re:UK votes to leave EU by kaybe on Friday June 24, 2016 @05:57AM (#11968317)

The experiences of the second world war definitely played a role as something that should be avoided at all costs and put up infrastructure and friendship against, so it wasn't really without a war.

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