October 12, 2005
IT'LL BE THE BEST THING SINCE AIRBUS:
Retired Nato generals blast European military (Peter Spiegel, October 11 2005, Financial Times)
Two of Nato's most respected retired generals will on Wednesday issue a stinging indictment of European military capabilities, arguing that unless the continent pools its defence resources it may be unable to meet mounting security risks such as international terrorism.
Who but European bureaucrats would think that the "pooled" military will be an improvement? Posted by Orrin Judd at October 12, 2005 3:56 PM
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You read the story and take away two points. First, pooling military manufacturing is a non-starter (they'll pool farming first); second, failure to pool will provide the pretext for us to leave NATO.
Posted by: Luciferous at October 12, 2005 4:40 PMThat's a good way to render the German army harmless -- force every German division to have a French division guarding its flank.