04-27-2003, 06:34 PM
Moldran,Apr 26 2003, 08:28 AM Wrote:It is their declared goal to enable EU to handle the next conflict of that kind without the US. It is interesting that the US even encouraged them to pursue that policy. I wonder if they still would under present circumstances.Just from a personal viewpoint (clueless to what Washington thinks, but then aren't we all? :P ).
I would hope the U.S would still support this. No matter what there feelings towards Germany and France.
It would help us tremndously in foreign relations, public relations, economically, etc...
But, having the capabilty to handle the next conflict and actually doing so are 2 different things.
From my own perspective. It looked to me like Europe dropped the ball big time on that one. And they had the resources at hand to handle it, though it may have not been "tagged" EU.
The U.S. is also at fault. We all pretty much seemed to be standing around a "campfire" with our hands in our pockets. Waiting for "someone else" to make the 1st move. While the "campfire" turned into a "forest fire" before our eyes.
The problem with Iraq, is the U.S. pi$$ed on it while it was still a "campfire" instead of waiting for it to get out of control and turn into a "forest fire". That irritated a few "people" who still wanted to enjoy the warmth of the "campfire". :P