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| All hail the Greater Eurabian Co-Prosperity Sphere |
| 2007-11-16 |
| [UK] Foreign Secretary David Miliband has suggested the European Union should work towards including Russia, Middle Eastern and North African countries. He said enlargement was "our most powerful tool" for extending stability. In his first major speech on the UK's relationship with Europe, he said the EU would not become a "superpower" but should be a "role model" for the world. It could be a "model power of regional co-operation" dedicated to free trade, the environment and tackling extremism. He said the EU must "keep our promises to Turkey", adding: "If we fail.... it will signal a deep and dangerous divide between east and west. Beyond that we must keep the door open, retaining the incentive for change and the prospect of membership provides." Mr Miliband made his address at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, where Baroness Thatcher delivered her famous warning against "some sort of identikit European personality" almost exactly two decades ago in September 1988. Mr Miliband said that speech had been "haunted by demons - a European superstate bringing in socialism by the back door". But he said: "The truth is that the EU has enlarged, remodelled and opened up. It is not and is not going to become a superstate. But neither is it destined to become a superpower." |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #8 The bottom line is that if they could dispatch their tyrants and form real democracies, join together in a free market bloc, and combine their military might, the ME would be far more powerful and wealthier than Europe. That is one helluva gargantuan and unlikely "if" you've got there, 'moose. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-16 18:47 |
| #7 He's wrong, but he's right, in a way. The ME, with a nucleus of Turkey, Iraq and maybe Egypt, could form a potent economic trading bloc. Turkey would provide the know-how, because of its EU experience. Iraq has a superior economic system in place, courtesy of J. Paul Bremer, and should have explosive growth relatively soon, and Egypt also has potent assets, if it can reform itself politically. Militarily, they would be far stronger than Europe. Turkey with its NATO military, and both Iraq and Egypt with US training and equipment. The three together, excepting nuclear weapons, would match Russia's military might. If there would be some way, any way, for a ME Common Market (MECM) to form with democratic states, the rest of the ME would be compelled to democratize and join. The bottom line is that if they could dispatch their tyrants and form real democracies, join together in a free market bloc, and combine their military might, the ME would be far more powerful and wealthier than Europe. It *would* be an idealized version of the Sultanate, except that it would have no Sultan. For something like this to begin would be the icing on the cake for Bush, after having prevented the ME from descending into chaos and maybe nuclear war. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-11-16 18:38 |
| #6 Foreign Secretary David Miliband has suggested the European Union should work towards including Russia, Middle Eastern and North African countries. Yew betcha. Cuz nothing says "powerful tool" like a |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-16 17:15 |
| #5 Let's test the waters. Start by cleaning up the mess that is Syria. If Europe can handle that they can talk about Russia/Middle East/NOrth Africa. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-11-16 13:48 |
| #4 Seems like the EU right now is like a guy that is falling off a cliff. They are thinking to themselves, "This can't be bad. It hasn't hurt yet." Never mind the fact that they are about 30 seconds away from impact. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-11-16 12:39 |
| #3 His eyes are bigger than his stomach. The EU can't manage what they have now. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-11-16 12:11 |
| #2 Foreign Secretary David Miliband has suggested the European Union should work towards including Russia, Middle Eastern and North African countries. Because why have a European union unless you can include Siberians, Arabs and Africans. They left out Polynesia which personally I find extremely Polynesiaphobic of them. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-11-16 09:51 |
| #1 AMERICAN THINKER > SARKOZY AND THE SOCIALIST BAG OF TRICKS. Among other thingys, articles hits at Europe's "pathetic defenses", e.g. out of a reported 1.7Milyuhn people in uniform, ONLY A FEW SCORE 000's ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY FIGHT ON ALL-EURO'S ACTUAL BEHALF. *ISRAEL INSIDER > THE LYNCHING DATE IS SET. Annapolis Summit = Israel's doom??? Ergo the USA-West, one day espec vv NUCLEAR IRAN??? ALso from ISRAEL INSIDER > Egypt claims to had stopped 20 tons of TNT ["Atomic TNT"]from reaching Gaza hence Israel. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-16 01:16 |