Subject: Re: war with Denmark or Panama??
France has the most capable military in Europe and it can’t fight a peer nation

How is that possible? If France has the most capable military in Europe, wouldn't it be able to successfully fight any other nation in Europe?

Dude. *You* can’t accept that the Europeans can’t deploy for more than 5 minutes. They haven’t kept up.

Two things: first, you haven't provided anything to show that. No assessment of European military capabilities - just some random jabs at France. And second, their defense isn't - and shouldn't - be oriented towards independently deploying outside of Europe. None of the European nations are, in this day and age, global powers. They will never be able to project power on a global stage on their own - they're too small on their own to compete with the U.S. or China or Russia. Their military readiness ought to be directed primarily towards participating in a collective defensive effort within the Continent.

Who contributed what during Desert Storm?

Has no bearing on anything. Israel's got one of the better armed forces in the world, and they didn't contribute anything directly to Desert Storm. That measures just what nations chose to contribute, not what their military capabilities are. Or were, I should say - that was 34 years ago, now.