Originally Posted by Rich_2k6
In 30-40 years, China, India and Brazil are all predicted to be superpowers with economies surpassing that of the United States, that is a fact.
No, that is a load of complete bollix. China isn't predicted to overtake the US until at least 2050 and India and Brazil just aren't.
What happens if one of these countries decides to throw there weight around? Lets say, if China decides to invade Taiwan, and we say "no or else". We may just find ourselves in WW3!
Not our problem, old bean. Why the hell would we want to get into a scrap with China???
Also, the EU (whether we like it or not) is expected to become much more "federalised" and will probably have a single foreign policy and armed forces, its already planning to become a counterweight the US,
Erm, no it isn't. Remember the referendums last year? Now the French have realised they can't run Europe their way, they're urning against it. Also demographics and economics militate against the emergence of the EU as a serious counterweight to the US.
we all know that Britain contributes more than anyone to the EU force and in the future we will have a big role in it,
The French certainly don't know that!
so we're gonna need a fully-effective force.
For what?
What i'm trying to say guys, is that the world is changing fast, the day of the one superpower is soon to be over
Unlikely.
and were gonna find that our enemies may just be a little bit bigger than small autocratic regimes.
Hasn't history taught us anything? 60 years ago we were fighting WW2, 20 years ago the world was on the brink of total nuclear destruction...
Everything you've said is just plain wrong. CVF is really (like Trident) about jingoistic willy-waving more than any actual military need.