Another Brilliant Euroweenie Move

Well it looks like our friends Jacques and Gerhard are intending to create a new European defense organization to rival NATO. Apparently they have a great concern about the United States being such a key player in ensuring European security.

I don't think that they really understand what they're getting themselves into. I think that Jacques and Gerhard are thinking that the can create a counterweight to the US military and that they'll be able to gallivant around the world creating peace, harmony and European style love. Jacques and Gerhard almost seem to think that with a wave of their hands, the "new" European military will be.

They show no comprehension that the US (and UK for that matter) military is the result of 50+ years of dedication and discipline. They show no signs of understanding that our military is great because of training and effort. It isn't something that is created from a proclamation and a bureaucracy; it is created by a culture that values security and hard work.

Do Gerhard and Jacques really think that this will be a good idea? What kind of hardware do they really have right now? A few pitchforks, torches for night vision, and a couple of Sherman tanks left over from WWII? I know they've come a little way from then, but do they really think that within 10 or even 15 years that they'll even be in the same league as the Americans? To build just the infrastructure will be enough to bankrupt their socialist governments.

Jacques and Gerhard have got a lot to learn about how the real world works. The European Defense Organization will not be a real alternative to NATO or even the US until the member nations of the EU change their defense spending philosophies. If they are separate from NATO, they will no longer be able to get a free lunch from the Americans.

Should be interesting to hear Jacques trying to explain to the French Islamics how they are increasing defense spending to protect themselves from terrorist threats.