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.

  • alykanas@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    21 days ago

    It’s hard to know where to begin with people like this. They are more ideologically unhinged than anyone in the Middle East, more indoctrinated than any communist, more institutionalised than a life sentence prisoner, and more ignorant than a drunken donkey.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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      21 days ago

      I think you’ve misunderstood. It sounds like you’ve interpreted the headline to mean that General Hodges is threatening to invade Switzerland. Perhaps you only read the headline and not the actual article.

      "The best way to prevent a war is to prepare for it,” said the former commander of the US armed forces in Europe […] The US Department of Defence is currently funding 100,000 soldiers in Europe, said Hodges. For him, it is clear that President Donald Trump will withdraw troops. “The only question is when, and how many soldiers he will withdraw,” said the former general. “According to everything I hear from Washington, Europe is no longer a priority.” Trump sees China as the main opponent of the US.

      Hodges is stating the reality that Trump will withdraw US troops from Europe in the future, regardless of how bad an idea that is.

      From Trump’s point of view, the US would be paying billions for the defence of Europe, said Hodges. […] “Incidentally, the US benefits enormously economically from a stable Europe,” he said.

      Trump is the kind of moron who only understands short-term profit (especially profit for himself) and doesn’t give a shit about long-term international cooperation. Some very bad decisions are going to be made in the near future.

      Hodges understands the value of European relationships but also sees the inevitability of what’s coming and is trying to make the reality of it clear.

    • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Odd that the first people you can think of in relation to indoctrination is communists. Not capitalists? Not workers who advocate for wealthier elites? Not conservatives who advocate for worse outcomes for their families and communities? Not fundamentalists? Not fascists? Communists are really the group most representative of indoctrination??

      Yet people voted last year to elect a man who’s stated goals were to make the ruling class even more wealthy. He put a man in power who is an actual Nazi and who is firing everyone in the government who did literally anything good for the working class.

      … and yet communists are the group you listed as an example there. Not Republicans, not MAGA, not Musk fanboys. Communism is, apparently, the symbol of indoctrination. Utterly deranged.