Originally Posted by
Yellow Sun
The French of course left the military structure of NATO. I don't recall that we were too upset about that.
A few years ago, while Sarkozy was leading in France, the French reintegrated into the military command structure. All in all a good thing.
I am not sure how it would be in the strategic interest of the UK to not remain in NATO. Once one has reduced one's overall military force structure, there is more incentive to depend on coalition efforts for a variety of military endeavors.
Put another way: what benefit(s) would it accrue to the UK to quit NATO? Since my PoV is from the western shores of the pond, I might be missing something obvious to someone who sees it from the other shore.