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The Belgian army: soon to be a gendarmerie?

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Soldiers in the street are not the answer to terrorism, but if Belgium does not invest more in defence, that may be all its armed forces remain capable of.

This article was originally published in De Morgen (Opinie) under the title “Nog even en het Belgisch leger is een gendarmerie”. Read the article (in Dutch).

(Photo credit: Antonio Ponte, Flickr)