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Bayart on Nov 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighte...

Why would a European army be directed by Germans ? They're notoriously incompetent in military affairs. They don't have the personnel nor the expertise required to take control of the army to begin with.

nix23 on Nov 19, 2020 [–]

>They're notoriously incompetent in military affairs

True, but the biggest payer has the biggest voice.

https://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/europa/705...

Germany pays more then double as much then France.

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