08-03-2015, 12:10 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:This strikes me as a warning from Merkel to the US war-hawks to stop meddling.This has been something I have been considering also. Apart from any thing else it will save them billions in these times of 'austerity'. Even by their own criteria there is no reason for NATO to exist any longer.
But they won't of course.
I now can't help wonder if the US is going to push the Europeans to terminate NATO because of this, and that the whole Atlantic alliance will crumble because of it?
David Guyatt Wrote:Just imagine the Germans and French agitating in Mexico, providing weapons and military trainers to develop Mexico's ability to wage war on America. Imagine America sending a warning message to the Europeans and it being ignored and plans made to increase their aid to Mexico and openly incite war between Mexico and the US.
Imagine the response of the US to that scenario.
Well, we know what their reaction would be because it played out in 1963 in Cuba. But saner heads prevailed then than are around now.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.