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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by dudul on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:14AM (#30589540)
What would have happened during the war in Iraq with a EU army? A few countries, including France who would presumably be the major contributor to this hypothetical army, didn't want to go.
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by paganel on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:21AM (#30589641)
And for good reason.
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by dudul on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:04PM (#30590300)
I agree, but that wasn't my point
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by nradov on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:50AM (#30590105)
The same thing would have happened. Even with an EU military, member states would still maintain their own national militaries and could deploy them independently. Just like how NATO didn't participate in the Iraq war but several member states did.
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by dudul on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:03PM (#30590293)
So it would be pointless if each member can decide to deploy their troops the way they want, might as well keep national armies.
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by nradov on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:42PM (#30590899)
The point is in having a standing general staff and standard operating procedures, reinforced by periodic joint training exercises. This allows for taking action much faster, with lower risk of errors versus starting from scratch for each operation.

In practice a prospective EU military would probably just copy most aspects of NATO, just with a slightly different set of missions and member states.

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