[LS]

But Pukin, France is NOT in NATO. Your argument would make sense if we could give this to France.

[Pukin Dog]

The Carrier would likely go to Germany or Taiwan. You guys keep forgetting, a Carrier is NOT a defensive weapon. Who ever gets it, will be parking it along side OURS, or using it to project NATO foreign policy on a potential enemy. One of the primary reasons given for the lack of support on some missions has been the lack of suitable ships. I would love to see a German CVN hanging off the Iranian Coast someday, waiting for those nuts to jump ugly. It doesn't always have to be us.

[webheart]

Actually, France is a member of NATO, and has been since the beginning. They just think that they are too good to allow foreign bases on their soil, so DeGaulle kicked out all of the other countries' bases back in the 1950's.

[Doohickey]

They're not? Since when? http://www.nato.int/structur/countries.htm