OK, if France isn't going to intervene and is unable to meaningfully do so, why is it that nobody in the Champs d'Elysees can take Macron aside and tell him that the might want to quit letting his mouth write checks that his ass cannot cash? (As it is, Macron knows full well that the United States cannot leave France out to dry and will …
OK, if France isn't going to intervene and is unable to meaningfully do so, why is it that nobody in the Champs d'Elysees can take Macron aside and tell him that the might want to quit letting his mouth write checks that his ass cannot cash? (As it is, Macron knows full well that the United States cannot leave France out to dry and will intervene in turn. The Americans know this as well.)
All your examples happened at the end of a war, not the beginning. To take one of them - Russia successfully introduced and managed conscription before the army fell apart in 1917. Find me an example of refusal to be conscripted preventing a war from starting, or expanding, please.
And are you telling us that the videos of press-ganged Ukrainians are all fake, since they don't want to fight?
And are you telling us that Canada had to violate its own constitution to stop protests over an issue that nobody cared about?
I don't see who on Champs Elysee is in a position to tell Macron what to do. He's president; in a presidential republic.
And probably everyone there is used by now to him acting like a clown. See the start of the war; when he was "negociating" despite the russians obviously ignoring him.
Also, US almost left the french out to dry in fking Libia. Which is rather far away from being the world biggest nuclear power.
regarding conscription: I'm not saying that conscription is impossible. There are hundreds and thousands of exxamples of states implementing conscription. What I'm saying is that it's possible in certain political contexts.
You can't expect to tell the french to be conscripted to go fight in ukraine; and that to actually work...
It's like me(eastern Europe) being told that Mexico attacked US and I should go fight in the US because we're nato. Like... good luck... Let alone that ukraine is not even in nato, nor will it be.
btw - who folded first in ww1? Russia, right? Even though on paper they had the biggest army of all by far.
Aka - exactly the ones who had no dog in the fight. Beside Nikki&co, I'm pretty sure the average russian couldn't care less about Verdun. Or the quarrel between germany and england.
"And are you telling us that Canada had to violate its own constitution to stop protests over an issue that nobody cared about?" - I really think you're abit overdramatizing. "Violate the constitution"...
yes, you can violate the constitution by telling me to stay at home. And giving me some money to do that. Or you can tell me to go to war. and maybe die
The Russian expeditionary Force fought in France during the First World War.
In April 1916, the first special brigade of Russian troops arrived in France, and in total more than 25 thousand soldiers and officers took part in the battles.
The corps mainly fought in Champagne near the city of Reims, participated in the Battle of Verdun and in the April 1917 offensive of the Entente.
I'm sure this is the first time you've heard about this. And I'm sure you're American
You wrote that the Russians didn't give a damn about Verdun, although this is not the case at all. You just don't know the history of the First World War, but you're writing nonsense.
I was not talking about the russian govt. Which I'm quite sure that it gave a damn about Verdun. Much like the french govt. now about the situation in ukr.
I was talking about russian conscripts. You know, the ones that ended up rebelling.
sorry... not interested in internet fights and epeen contests. Good luck.
You really think that a nacron or a scholtz has no advisors? That, even if the president were to say "I don't care! Do it!" that they cannot leak to the press or otherwise work back channels to get their way?
And the United States did NOT leave the French out to dry in Libya. They intervened, even though much less credibility was on the line in Libya.
Anyway, for reasons I gave previously, it isn't the will of the people that matters. It is the will of the elites, and the elites would soon annihilate us all, rather than lose their perches.
OK, if France isn't going to intervene and is unable to meaningfully do so, why is it that nobody in the Champs d'Elysees can take Macron aside and tell him that the might want to quit letting his mouth write checks that his ass cannot cash? (As it is, Macron knows full well that the United States cannot leave France out to dry and will intervene in turn. The Americans know this as well.)
All your examples happened at the end of a war, not the beginning. To take one of them - Russia successfully introduced and managed conscription before the army fell apart in 1917. Find me an example of refusal to be conscripted preventing a war from starting, or expanding, please.
And are you telling us that the videos of press-ganged Ukrainians are all fake, since they don't want to fight?
And are you telling us that Canada had to violate its own constitution to stop protests over an issue that nobody cared about?
I don't see who on Champs Elysee is in a position to tell Macron what to do. He's president; in a presidential republic.
And probably everyone there is used by now to him acting like a clown. See the start of the war; when he was "negociating" despite the russians obviously ignoring him.
Also, US almost left the french out to dry in fking Libia. Which is rather far away from being the world biggest nuclear power.
regarding conscription: I'm not saying that conscription is impossible. There are hundreds and thousands of exxamples of states implementing conscription. What I'm saying is that it's possible in certain political contexts.
You can't expect to tell the french to be conscripted to go fight in ukraine; and that to actually work...
It's like me(eastern Europe) being told that Mexico attacked US and I should go fight in the US because we're nato. Like... good luck... Let alone that ukraine is not even in nato, nor will it be.
btw - who folded first in ww1? Russia, right? Even though on paper they had the biggest army of all by far.
Aka - exactly the ones who had no dog in the fight. Beside Nikki&co, I'm pretty sure the average russian couldn't care less about Verdun. Or the quarrel between germany and england.
"And are you telling us that Canada had to violate its own constitution to stop protests over an issue that nobody cared about?" - I really think you're abit overdramatizing. "Violate the constitution"...
yes, you can violate the constitution by telling me to stay at home. And giving me some money to do that. Or you can tell me to go to war. and maybe die
Umm... very hard choice :P
You are feeding a troll
Lol )
The Russian expeditionary Force fought in France during the First World War.
In April 1916, the first special brigade of Russian troops arrived in France, and in total more than 25 thousand soldiers and officers took part in the battles.
The corps mainly fought in Champagne near the city of Reims, participated in the Battle of Verdun and in the April 1917 offensive of the Entente.
I'm sure this is the first time you've heard about this. And I'm sure you're American
Vanga 2.0 you are.
it's pretty hard to be an american in E Europe... it's some 10000km last time I checked.
regarding the russian brigade in France - sorry, but how is that relevant to what I wrote?
You wrote that the Russians didn't give a damn about Verdun, although this is not the case at all. You just don't know the history of the First World War, but you're writing nonsense.
I was not talking about the russian govt. Which I'm quite sure that it gave a damn about Verdun. Much like the french govt. now about the situation in ukr.
I was talking about russian conscripts. You know, the ones that ended up rebelling.
sorry... not interested in internet fights and epeen contests. Good luck.
I don't care what you're interested in. The main thing is that Russia is interested in Eastern Europe. And not only the government.
You really think that a nacron or a scholtz has no advisors? That, even if the president were to say "I don't care! Do it!" that they cannot leak to the press or otherwise work back channels to get their way?
And the United States did NOT leave the French out to dry in Libya. They intervened, even though much less credibility was on the line in Libya.
Anyway, for reasons I gave previously, it isn't the will of the people that matters. It is the will of the elites, and the elites would soon annihilate us all, rather than lose their perches.