To secure peace, a strong deterrent is a good way to go. Even the old Romans knew this. "Si vis pacem, parabellum".
For 30 years, Europe has abandoned this principle. To bring up our military capabilities up to par will cost astronomical amounts of money and can easily take up to 10 years.
Problem: Some legislative "dept ceilings" are in place. Other European countries have "maxed-out" their credit cards already. Tax increases? No way!
So, I would just like to know how the future peace in Europe can be financed.
Of course, if the US should pull out of NATO (even a limited pull-out), we would not have to bother with our European military build up anymore. Rather should we start teaching our kids Russian as a second language, replacing English.
I agree. Most Thai English language teachers have poor English speaking skills. Grammar is probably better than 90% on here. Doesn't make them bad teachers though. If your pool of English teachers is coming from a population of poor English speakers you can't expect much more. Even if fluent in English, admittedly I've never met one, will be pushing the proverbial uphill teaching multiple classes of 40+ with no tech in the classroom. This of course is referencing the government school system.
When your language is the international language of the world what reason is there to learn another language? As the economic powerhouses around the world have learnt that to suceed you need to be fluent in the international language of the world. For some reason Thailand can't quite grasp that reality.
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