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by kr7 3412 days ago
> ...so that she could unleash an “EU Army” against fellow EU member states.

The article puts “EU Army” in scare quotes, but that part is actually true; Merkel does support the creation of an EU Army:

> "Mrs Merkel is backing a push by Mr Juncker to create an EU army." [1]

[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11861247...
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_ph_ 3412 days ago
The most convincing lies are based on some truth, then interpreted in a completely wrong fashion. Yes, Angela Merkel, and other European heads of state are pushing for an European Army. That is, an army to defend Europe against aggression from the outside, and have even less national armies who could potentially fight against each other inside Europe. So the idea is to have less dangers of "unleashing" any forces against fellow EU member states.
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yorwba 3412 days ago
All the other parts should be in scare quotes.

The EU army would almost certainly be implemented by close cooperation between the existing armies of the member states, instead of being some kind of reincarnation of the Wehrmacht.

A much more plausible spin would be to frame it as an act of aggression towards Russia, but some people might even support such a thing.

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