We need NATO to continue to do the job that the EU thinks that it can do but, can’t.
i/ But the EU is European – surely it would not be in the interests of Canada and the US to be involved with a European-based military force.
ii/ NATO is not governed by the EU; in fact it seems to trail behind US actions and even then not all of (European) NATO take notice. Lets face it, both the EU and NATO seem to be clubs that the membership (mostly) decide to take what action suits them best and s0d the rest.
iii/ Not even sure NATO does the job it thinks it can do. Wasn’t it NATO in Afghanistan – and look at that mess as we pull out.
NATO might be based around defence of countries in and around the North Atlantic (ha – let the US West coast defend itself!), but it is more likely described as some sort of mutual arms club where the members are able to train with each other in different climates and swagger around pretending to be the worlds policemen; but when one member has troubles (coff, hack, snort, Falklands) the barriers go up and you are left to sort it out yourself….
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