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| UK defense minister backs Euro army | |
| 2008-10-26 | |
| John Hutton has become the first defence secretary to back a French plan for a European army, branding those who dismiss it as "pathetic". In a wide-ranging interview with The Sunday Times, he said: "I think we've got to be pragmatic about those things. Where it can help, we should be part of it." His support goes beyond the public position of Gordon Brown, the prime minister, and will antagonise those who believe that further European cooperation will undermine Nato by excluding the United States. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has sought to develop Europe's military structures with new headquarters and rapid reaction forces, each consisting of 1,500 troops from member countries. Hutton said: "France is one of our closest allies, militarily. The French believe very strongly in this type of role. If we can support it, we should." He added that working with EU allies on military missions was "perfectly sensible." He emphasised that Britain should not contribute troops to joint EU operations if it risked compromising other missions, and cited plans for a European Union-led mission to tackle piracy off Somalia as a "good example" of how such forces could be used
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #4 ION TOPIX > IRAN > IRAN CRITICIZES NATO EXTENSION TO THE EAST; + IRAN DOUBTS US CAN FORM ANTI-IRAN COALITION OUTSIDE OF UNITED NATIONS; + MEDVEDEV: RUSSIA CAN SURVIVE FINANCIAL CRISIS, EMERGE STRONGER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-10-26 23:03 |
| #3 PRAVDA > FAMOUS ASTROLOGER PREDICTS WORLD CRISIS IN 2010 WHICH WILL DESTROY EU AND NATO [West will collpase]. Forecasts the end of Russ econmic sector/bloc come Jan-Feb = Winter 2009 + collapse of Russ national banking sector, but RUSSIA WILL SURVIVE - AS LATTER SURVIVAL OCCURS circa 2010, US-WEST HOWEVER MAY SUFFER A PARALLEL CATASROPHIC CRISIS [ten years - 2020]WHICH COULD FINALLY DESTABILIZE AND DESTROY THE US-WEST. EUROPE = EU may devol into MINI-UNIONS OR EURO-BLOCS. OTOH, CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > NATO GROWING BY THE DAY/US TAKING STEPS TO GET ALBANIA, CROATIA INTO NATO [by next year's NATO Summit]; + US UNVEILS GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND. Only USAF B52's + B-2's will have the NUCLEAR STRIKE/ATTACK MISSION, NOT B-1's [Conventional Bopmbing]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-10-26 22:57 |
| #2 Great idea. As long as Europe doesn't have a crisis after working hours or on weekends the Euro army should be very effective. |
| Posted by: Omuns Big Foot8648 2008-10-26 22:44 |
| #1 google "common purpose", the organisation metastasising throughout the whole U.K. government. It's a all party group opposed to individual rights and very much engaged in a silent coup to install a post-democratic government. They have almost succeeded with Cameron being CP, as well as Labour. You'll have to wade through a load of tin-foil chaff to get to the truth, but CP will be coming to the USA soon. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-10-26 18:09 |