... The strength of a country's military ultimately rests on the health of
the civil-military relationship within its society. In the United
States, there is much debate as well as tension regarding the proper
role of a military in a democratic society. But through it all,
Americans are deeply proud of their armed forces, even during wars that
have become quagmires. For the most part, that is not the case in
Western Europe, where the soldiers' profession is quietly looked down
upon. (The United Kingdom, France and Denmark are among the exceptions.)
Europeans tend to see their own armed forces members as civil servants
in funny uniforms. The idea that it is the military that defends their
democratic freedoms is something many Europeans find laughable...
"…ὅτι δίκαια μὲν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρωπείῳ λόγῳ ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης ἀνάγκης κρίνεται, δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν..." ΘΟΥΚΥΔΙΔΗΣ
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Από το LinkedIn: https://www.understandingwar.or...
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Τα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης έχουν κυριολεκτικά μετατραπεί σε όπλα καθώς κρατικοί χάκερς και τυχαίοι τρομοκράτες πλημμυρίζουν το Twitter,...
