Saturday 10 November 2018

Macron's comment about the US is outrageous nonsense

What on earth is wrong with Emmnanuel Macron? He actually said it was necessary to have a European Army in order to face future threats from Russia, China.....AND the United States. What did he mean by this? Did he really mean that the US might threaten Europe with military action? Has he gone off his head? Just to remind him, the US leads an alliance called Nato which has a certain treaty article which states that an attack on one nation member is an attack on all and therefore all have to go to the rescue of the member under attack. But of course there is no article which says that any member of the alliance which attacks another member of the alliance needs to be taught a lesson because an alliance is an alliance of friends who share common values and common security interests. It's madness to suggest that the US would ever pose a military threat to Europe. Macron can't have really meant that. Perhaps his meaning got lost in translation. But certainly what he said angered Donald Trump who was due to be all matey with Macron to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the 1st World War. I'm with Trump here. Linking Russia and China and the US as potential enemies of the future is crazy talk. And embarrassing. Also any talk of a European Army is nonsense. It has come up so many times over the years, especially by France but it has never made sense. The European members of Nato just don't have the wherewithal to forge a permanent Euro army and it would never work properly. If Russia attacked Europe with conventional forces, the European members of Nato would collapse without the backing of the US. So, Macron, forget the European Army idea and show a bit more respect to the country which helped save YOUR country from Nazi oblivion.

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