Former US general advises Switzerland to prepare for war
www.swissinfo.ch
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
      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.

                  • SkilurosEnglish
                    1•3 months ago

                    No, it’s delusional bullshit. Copy-pasta for LARPers.

              • 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.

                  • @Waphles@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2•3 months ago

                    So personally, as a Scandinavian social-democrat and union member I would like to ask this question in response to “communism is the history proven way”: show me. What examples from history do you have?