Erik said: > Just why should the EU seriously on military and foreign policy > matters?
Let's not forget that the EU itself is a triumph of the collective foreign policies of the European nations. Of course, the US was vital militarily because it helped protect Europe from the might of the Soviet Union, but it's almost entirely as a result of the methods of the western European nations that the end of the Cold War sees a stable European Union and not a handful of competitive powers as has been usual in modern history. I think the US should be thankful that its worst foreign policy problems are the relatively trivial matters of Iraq and North Korea rather than, say, a cold war (or hot....) between a France and Germany both with nuclear weapons. Given the various military or diplomatic crises that plagued Europe every few decades before WW2 (including such spasms as WW1, the Franco-Prussian war, the Napoleonic Wars, the European wars of which the American Revolution formed a small component, the Seven Years War...), this is no small achievement. That the EU is about to assimilate the various nations of eastern Europe and is likely to also admit the Balkan nations and perhaps even some nations of North Africa is even more remarkable. Rich GCU Credit Where Credit Is Due _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
