April 06, 2007
Why the EU Doesn't Work Beyond Trade
Using the recently resolved British sailor incident as a backdrop, Charles Krauthammer nails it (no pun intended):
Why was nothing done? The reason is simple. Europe functions quite well as a free trade zone. But as a political entity, it is a farce. It remains a collection of sovereign countries with divergent interests. A freeze of economic relations with Europe would have shaken the Iranian economy to the core. Yet nothing was done. "The Dutch," reports The Times of London, ``said it was important not to risk a breakdown in dialogue.'' So much for European solidarity.
Like other vaunted transnational institutions, the EU is useless as a player in the international arena. Not because its members are venal but because they are sovereign. Their interests are simply not identical.
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Yes and the EU is such a "smashing success story" that we will be doing the same thing here as we continue building the infrastructure and business and legal framework for the similar farce called the North American Union..
Why isn't Congress actively working against the demise of their own relevance? The NAU is being constructed outside the normal and required legislative channels, merely as a business initiative and co-operative efforts of MexiCanadAmerica.
As citizens of this country we must revolt against this .. the Canadians are also very much against this effort.
Posted by: Judy Aron at April 7, 2007 11:30 AMArticles of confederation.
Posted by: paul at April 8, 2007 04:12 PM
