Posted on 09/21/2015 1:21:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Angela Merkel will expect David Cameron to drop his opposition to an EU army in exchange for supporting Britains renegotiation, the Telegraph has been told.
The German chancellor will ask Britain to stand aside as she promotes an ambitious blueprint to integrate continental Europes armed forces.
It comes as Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, said Britain will get a deal if it gives the green light to a raft of powerful new EU institutions.
A Berlin source said agreeing not to block Merkels defense plans is a favor that she would seek from Mr Cameron as he looks for her support in the renegotiation.
If you want favors, you have to give favors, the source said. If Cameron wants a flexible Europe, he must let other members integrate further. Yesopt out, opt out, opt outand then shut up.
While there is no expectation or obligation for Britain to take part in steeper integration, the creation of an EU army could marginalize Britain within NATO and result in the United States downgrading the special relationship with Britain in favour of Paris and Berlin, experts warn.
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Peace in our time
My neighbors here love to bitch endlessly about American arrogance and overweening influence in the world but in some respects they are like bumptious teenagers who will act like those in the Lord of the Flies without to adult supervision.
But you're absolutely right, over the course of the Cold War the tendency of SPD politicians and chancellors of Germany was always to try to find a third way, to triangulate between the US and the USSR. I have been very concerned on these threads that the policies of Barack Obama (and even those of George Bush by way of opening the Iraq war) are leaving the way open for these tendencies to reassert themselves and a real danger of a Berlin/Moscow/Beijing axis could evolve. Throw in a Syria/Iran/Russia alliance and the isolation of the democracies will be complete.
I’m advising Britain to pull out of EU.
Sorry; misunderstood.
It should not be on the collective’s terms. Thatcher was right about this.
“A lot of our volunteer military forces are minorities not fully assimilated to the US. One fear is they could be used against a population they arent entirely loyal to.”
Where did you get this tidbit?
The way I got some articles to come up is by using the research topic “Gangs in the US Military”.
EU army? So no one is responsible for their own nations defense? That means an easy victory for the coming Hordes.
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