Originally Posted by
Herod
Thank goodness for that. Now perhaps we can go back to concentrating on NATO, which was doing a good job long before the EU ever even thought about a "Battle Group"
Some politicians have deliberately blurred the truth regarding our effective military alliance; either deliberately or out of ignorance. NATO and the EU are separate things entirely.
NATO did the job many years before the EU was even thought of and there is no reason to think it can't continue to do the same in the future.