Lol the UK is declining more than their island can take them, Schadenfreude to them...
Tallis you were in your country's navy huh... Interesting.
Why Mexicans? Such a good country... They have good food and culture and strive, DIE to assimilate and become Americans, here Southerners across the Pond in the Middle East come here, don't even bother learning German and are dangerous in the Streets. We need to keep the Turks out, actually all of Europe needs to keep Muslims out and thousands, millions agree.... over here that is, I'm not concerned about them getting all our low level jobs, but I am concerned over the violent and radical culture that is arriving to the Old Continent.
So Xbox, unless you want to start mowing you own lawn and working with cheap wages in the southern factories... You should be more tolerant, you are not being invaded by people who protest in the streets en-masse because we don't allow their strange and violent customs to be completely practised, or people that hit and attack local Germans, Swedes, Norwegians and Belgians just because they feel overly Antique Muslim and their Middle Eastern principles (I stress Middle Eastern) can't work here.
Ok that was a senseless tirade, but just so you can take a look at things Xbox and thank whatever you believe in for not giving you our Illegal Immigration problems.
European Union is a Financial Power, arms don't call our attention that much, we have America for that in collaboration with France's nuclear arsenal and weak UK participation in Iraq following the US in a failed hope to show how strong they still are, Brits hate us Mainland Europeans and don't join the EZ and get rid of their over valued currency and inflated market. Euro is going to crash if the Southern Europeans don't straighten up, Germany will receive a hit for having to sustain 3 countries with bailouts, if Germany is hit, Euro Zone goes down with the Ship, now what happens if the EZ goes down like the good captain it is? I will leave you my Amerikanischer and Kanadier friends to complete the story...
Tallis... you don't need a standing army to deprive your civilians of freedom... according to my country's experiences, pure Oratory, Lies and False Hope. Germany had no standing army after WWI. btw.