[SnuffaBolshevik]

I have heard that the French and German militaries are operated in large part as quasi-welfare institutions with a very high ratio of middle-aged beaurocrats.

I had the opportunity to visit a Swiss tank factory building Leo 2's under license in the early 1990's. There was a middle aged man whose job was painting the lug nuts on the road wheels by hand with an artist's brush. I knew right then that this was welfare, not defense.

[Enchante]

"There was a middle aged man whose job was painting the lug nuts on the road wheels by hand with an artist's brush. I knew right then that this was welfare, not defense."


Yeah, but they do have a lot of wine available to go with their WHINE.....