Europe Launches Military Rival to U.S.
Anyone else noticed the disparity between President Bliar's statements on thie European Constitution thingy? "We will control our own armed forces and decide whether to send them into conflict." "Europe will have a unified foreign policy." Ummm, is it just me being dim or are we, as members of the forces, not the people that are the ultimate foreign policy stick to be shaken? Therefore, what is the point of a unified foreign policy when we never agree with the French and Germans over foreign policy and therefore the utilization of our armed forces? Would we not be better off just keeping with the original idea of no trade barriers within Europe, free trade etc and just kissing off this whole EU thing?
Very simple. The "unified foreign policy" will in practice mean that the 25x countries will get round a (very big!) table and try to agree. In effect, those as don't like what they agree on will opt out by doing nothing. The sky will not fall in, hens will not stop laying, rivers will not run red etc...
