Just because a nation has leaders with more respect for national policies than the sycophantic Bush bottom-licking poodle Bliar, it doesn't mean that their Armed Forces are incapable of giving a good account of themselves.
I think your point is that many countries don't do their fair share and I accept that but to say that no-one else in Europe is a "fighting country" probably does a lot of people a disservice.
Beagle and Laarbruch 72, I take your point and I pay respect to all the courageous crew and soldiers involved from the countries you named.
What I mean is that two european countries only, for the past 30 years, have been in all the theaters I wrote, with no opposition from their own civilian public.
And to come back to the subject, only one nation in Europe still has a real aircraft carrier - that must be known.