Where did you get that? Armed forces in France, at least, are not unionized. And most soldiers have short term careers. And as far as I know it's true of most armed forces in Europe. I did not read the WSJ paper but they usually are more accurate.
Alypius Skinner a *crit : > > By coincidence, there was a front page story in yesterday's WSJ about this > very subject. It says Europe (and it suggests that Britain is not included > in this analysis) has more men in uniform than the US, but they their troops > more in pay and benefits, most troops are careerists rather than > short-termers, and their troops are older (in Belgium, for example, the > average age of a soldier is 40!), under-equipped, under-trained, and > relatively unfit. One soldier said they view their mission as > "peacekeeping," not fighting wars. The reason for this state of affairs? > Europe's armed forces are unionized. > > ~Alypius
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