Anti-Climacus

QUOTE: Interesting piece on TNR about the "European" defense force:

"The four countries have said that they will present their memorandum to the other members of the EU for approval. But here's the rub: These four countries didn't meet alone because they got voicemail when they called the other 11 EU members. There are serious differences of opinion within the EU. Take Tony Blair's statement last week that Britain fully opposes any EU defense that would threaten or even duplicate NATO's capacity. Spain's foreign minister Ana Palacios has insisted that a small group of EU members had no right to call their plan "European." The Italian and Dutch foreign ministers were similarly critical. The Eastern European countries joining the EU will likely have none of it."

--By the way, ever notice how practically everything the French do nowadays is supposedly leading to the possibly destruction of the EU? This feels like one of those things that's hyped so much that it will never actually materialize.