Hello!
This is the correct forum for general plot discussions, isn´t it? EU, or rather the quite similar alliance that is we discuss here, can never go to war against the US nor the UK in the near future. The basic problem that I see is the lack of nationalism. The situation can not easely be compared to that during WWII, when the trust in the government were much higher.
If the government, in case of a world war, decides to either:
A) Go to war against the US
B) Stay neutral
C) Join the US alliance
the outcom wold be the same. Enormus amount of dissidents. In my opinion, the european inhabitans are much more interested in their own personal ideas about the world.
For example: I would try to help the UK + US war effort in any way that I could even if Sweden went into war against those nations, but some of my friends here in Sweden find it more important that the US looses than the survival of democray. Others would be outraged if we took any other position than a neutral one.
I can not speak for US, but I belive that conscripting american civilians without a direct threat against the CONUS would lead to enormus Vietnam-era protests. Therefore do I find it much more realistic that the US initially suffers from massive dissidents, and when the country starts to be directly threathend, the figures will decrease.
Just some toughts, and I do have to apoligize for my english.
This is the correct forum for general plot discussions, isn´t it? EU, or rather the quite similar alliance that is we discuss here, can never go to war against the US nor the UK in the near future. The basic problem that I see is the lack of nationalism. The situation can not easely be compared to that during WWII, when the trust in the government were much higher.
If the government, in case of a world war, decides to either:
A) Go to war against the US
B) Stay neutral
C) Join the US alliance
the outcom wold be the same. Enormus amount of dissidents. In my opinion, the european inhabitans are much more interested in their own personal ideas about the world.
For example: I would try to help the UK + US war effort in any way that I could even if Sweden went into war against those nations, but some of my friends here in Sweden find it more important that the US looses than the survival of democray. Others would be outraged if we took any other position than a neutral one.
I can not speak for US, but I belive that conscripting american civilians without a direct threat against the CONUS would lead to enormus Vietnam-era protests. Therefore do I find it much more realistic that the US initially suffers from massive dissidents, and when the country starts to be directly threathend, the figures will decrease.
Just some toughts, and I do have to apoligize for my english.
