Subject: Re: war with Denmark or Panama??
How is that possible? I've showed you how.

You said that France has the most capable military in Europe.

If France has the most capable military in Europe, how would they be unable to fight against another European country? By your statement, France has the more capable military than their opponent.

Okay, you're not looking at anything I'm showing you, which is your right.

I have. You've showed me nothing but a few articles about France. Nothing about Europe.

In 1990 the European powers had roughly 2x the militaries they have now...and they didn't contribute a ton of things to DS.

Again, neither did Israel. Or China, for that matter. That doesn't mean that either Israel or China don't have powerful militaries today - or even that they didn't have powerful militaries back then.

I'd suggest you acquaint yourself with the force structures of the various NATO countries, who can deploy where, for how long, and how might Europe fare against a first-world peer nation.

Nearly all of the "first world peer nations" are in Europe. China and Russia aren't first world countries, nor are they peers. Stipulate that the U.S. can defeat the EU, just like they can defeat any other military on the planet. What other country do you think could defeat the combined armies of the entire European continent if they tried to invade? Don't just handwave - which country on earth other than the three I've mentioned (Russia, China, US) could Europe not defend against an invasion?