At 06:21 5-2-2003 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
Actually, we have been planning ahead to protect ourselves; defending ourselves is exactly why we built our military. That is the main difference between Europe and the US: we built our military to defend our borders, while the US built its military to force its will upon the rest of the world. We did not built our military for the purpose of assisting the US in its quest for world domination.> Since EU is more into social goals, it is hard to imagine they'd spent > more on the military unless they were under direct attack. I admit, > that it would be too late to change anything in that eventuallity but > that's the way it is.And that is one of the choices Gautam refers to. Planning ahead to protect yourself is prudent and serious; not doing so is a choice.
Actually, our military forces are perfectly useful for what we intend them to do: defending our borders. The act of namecalling is reserved for Americans like you who prefer to insult their opponents rather than have a civilised discussion with them.> Well they are usefull as to what the EU countries intent them to do. And what do they intend their military forces to do? Perhaps call their enemies names such as... > that is a stupid as well as an ignorant viewpoint. ...before retreating. So now we know the secrets of the mainland European military forces!
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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