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.

    • HellsBelleEnglish
      40•3 months ago

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

        • HellsBelleEnglish
          9•3 months ago

          Plus the morons that keep voting them into power.

          Nobody voted Schmusk into power.

          • DiplomjodlerEnglish
            19•3 months ago

            But everybody who wanted to could have known that Trump was going to appoint the most comically unqualified people.

          • guldukatEnglish
            3•3 months ago

            No, but what was coming was in their face. The US is OK with it. We are no longer an ally, but please don’t forget about us…

        • @AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6•3 months 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,

          • @Takapapatapaka@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3•3 months ago

            I don’t get what happened here. Did you really said “electoralism is not the root cause of fascism”, meaning that power would end up corrupted no matter what, and people actually downvoted you on .world, meaning they would think that electoralism IS a problem ? That’s not at all the cliché I have for either .ml and .world folks.

            Or, since your original comment was edited later than its reply, did you edit it to make it say something else ?

          • DiplomjodlerEnglish
            2•3 months ago

            Ele… what? Phew, for a second there I thought I had accidentally posted on .ml again.

              • DiplomjodlerEnglish
                7•3 months ago

                So how do you decide who gets to govern, if not through elections? And yes, I am very much a “hurr ml” person. I’ve rarely seen such an accumulation of blockheads outside r/thedonald, back in the day.

                  • SkilurosEnglish
                    2•3 months ago

                    This reads like satire, a parody of tankies.

                  • DiplomjodlerEnglish
                    1•3 months ago

                    So what is the solution? Violently overthrowing one bunch of bastards will only end up with another bunch of bastards. Completely smashing the system will lead straight to warlordism. Lasting positive change was only ever achieved at the ballot box. And if you despise democracy, I despise you as much as the fascists and I fail to see the difference.

      • @dgbhxi@lemm.eeEnglish
        4•3 months ago

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

      • @credo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0•3 months 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.

        • @turnip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1•3 months 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?

        • HellsBelleEnglish
          1•3 months 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.