EU Lawmakers Approve 'Military Schengen,' What Could Go Wrong?
Mainstream outlets are hailing the EU's approval of a 'military Schengen' zone as a step towards greater security and efficiency, allowing troops and weaponry to cross borders with unprecedented ease. This comes as Europe's borders become increasingly fortified against asylum seekers, with razor wire and drone surveillance (often manufactured by Israeli arms firms like Elbit Systems, per Reuters)
now common sights. It appears 'borderless travel' is a privilege reserved for instruments of war. While politicians champion logistical improvements for moving tanks and munitions, the media largely glosses over the historical irony. Remember when 'free movement' was touted as a core European value for *people*? Now, it's about rapidly deploying NATO forces. Critics might cynically observe that
the continent that birthed two world wars is now simply making it easier for arsenals to traverse its landscape, while conveniently ignoring the asylum seekers knocking on its gates—many fleeing conflicts fueled by European arms exports. Efficiency, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder, or perhaps, the arms manufacturer.