military and has trained with other NATO forces, which Tim has, the
quality of EU forces are very obvious . They are very good right now.
The US may have the technical edge but the EU nations are rapidly
closing that gap.
larry
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:10:51 -0400, Bill Wheatley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There will come a time when there will be an EU military. I remember reading
> statistics for the size of the potential EU military back when I was in high
> school. And eventually they will eclipse the power of the US Army or at
> least be a close 2nd so they will be a force to be dealt with.
>
> _____
>
> From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 8:18 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: US troop realignment
>
> Bill Wheatley wrote:
> >
> > And its nice to know someoen else agrees that us pulling out would be
> > a bad thing in the long run. Once they get over the sadness of it the
> > EU military will step it up and they won't need us anymore anyway.
>
> The EU military will not step up. First, there is no EU military, there is
> only the military of member nations. Second, there is an overwhelming
> feeling in the population that there is no need to project force at long
> distances and the current threats to the own territory can easily be handled
> by the current troops. Only in certain specific areas, such as airborne
> intelligence and control, there would be a need for a replacement strategy.
>
> Jochem
> _____
>
>
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