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I'm pointing out that in one case you see an Army of a Union as an instrument of suppression but in the other you don't and I assume that because it doesn't appear to be on your list of 'bad' armies. Presumably harmonization is ok within nations but not between them too.
I'm pointing out that sooner or later most Unions use their armed forces to cement the Union. In our case it was sooner. You only have to look at our own dubious history to acknowledge that. Later Unions did it later than we, and the EU is the most recent Union. The irony is of course that it was devised to end the long history of European war. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...