[–] HarlandKornfeld14 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
You are missing the mark here. They wanted to create a United States of Europe with the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Instead they created the European Coal and Steel Community, but the plan was there from the start.
[–] goatsandbros [S] 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
No doubt, but they lied to everyday Europeans to get it done.
[–] vastrightwing 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
"When it becomes serious, you have to lie" - Jean-Claude junker
[–] Diggernicks 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Power corrupts and unlimited power turns people into massive faggots.
[–] vastrightwing ago (edited ago)
They should have thought about the symbolism before plastering it on the tank. And isn't a tank a bit over the top? (Speaking of knee jerk responses)
[–] Yuke 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Like I've said elsewhere, those stickers on that one vehicle could have been placed there by a protester as if to say "You pigs are owned by the EU". It seems more plausible to me anyway, given that it's not on any others. Or, as someone else suggested, possibly left there accidentally after an operation with EU ties, although I see this explanation as less likely because surely they would know that it would be provocative, and I can't imagine they would be sloppy enough to miss it when getting it cleaned up for the next job.
[–] SerialChiller 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They did the same thing 400 years ago with the East India Company. Started with "trade", but somehow they also had a fully trained army to enforce the terms of "trading" in the colonies.
[–] worldofmadness 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Just like jewish emancipation was sold to the Europeans as "justice and liberty for all". They pull the same type of scam all the time, just sad that it seem to work almost everytime too.