Click on the Euro-army!
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| The Euro-Army cometh |
| 2005-07-07 |
| Via EU Referendum, link is in the posting, not here: In this case, one such was Council Document 10032/05, dated 13 June 2005: the Presidency report on the ESDP - otherwise known as the European Security -- Document is in wordpad and I'm a complete tech incompetent when it comes to these things. ...However, the first real meat of the report comes on page 9., with the news that "work has continued on establishing EU battlegroups which are part of the rapid response capability. A Battlegroups Coordination Conference was held on 11 May 2005 when it was noted that the commitments made by the member states will enable the objective set for the initial period of operational capability for 2005 and 2006 to be met." One battlegroup will be permanently available for the first two years of full operational capability, 2007 and 2008, except in the second half of 2007, for which a contribution is still awaited. Preliminary indications were provided on the availability of Battlegroups for the period beyond 2008..... |
| Posted by:anonymous2u |
| #11 How is the name of God and France will we ever be able to effectuate quick surrender tactics unless, of course, we all speak French. Yes, that is it. We will not cooperate until you all learn one command in perfect French - "surrender now without condition." |
| Posted by: DuhGaul 2005-07-07 16:33 |
| #10 Why don't they just use the Foreign Legion or the Gurkhas. They know how to fight and the Euroweinie command wouldn't have to get their boots dirty. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-07-07 16:24 |
| #9 Click on the Euro-army! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-07 11:43 |
| #8 Few interesting things about the document: Logistics isn't mentioned until page 18. Nothing about airlift that I could see. There's a heavy emphasis on police forces throughout the document. Then again, the threat of organized crime in the Balkans is recognized. Both the Congo and the Sudan are mentioned as places to take 'action'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-07-07 11:21 |
| #7 Can we disband NATO now and bring those troops home? Man, I wish. NATO is dead, it died on 9/11 when we called for allies and they went, "meh, not our problem". |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-07 10:18 |
| #6 Can we disband NATO now and bring those troops home? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-07-07 10:15 |
| #5 This will work about as well as trying to mix oil and water. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-07 09:33 |
| #4 Joseph is right ... the devil is in the integration details in this sort of thing. |
| Posted by: anon 2005-07-07 08:19 |
| #3 The Euro-Army cometh Sounds like one of Tom Lehrer's titles. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2005-07-07 05:23 |
| #2 mosten jus want free fishn chips tho. not that complikatend dood/ |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-07-07 03:10 |
| #1 This should prove interesting - field commanders will likely want or prefer force integration,; the higher ups, Generals HQ's or Services will want or prefer Joint Services bureacracy, while many of the Pols and National/State Governments will want as much low-casualty inter-unit Confederatism as possible. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-07-07 02:35 |