Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
Don't ask me but I'd guess they say they've had 65 years without a war in W Europe and in the period before we'd had two that wrecked vast swathes of the place..................
Hmmm. Debatable whether that was due to a large existential threat to the East, a large ally to the west, a large functioning military alliance which pre-dates the EU, public reaction to the first two truly industrial wars or a combination of the above. Or the EU.
The rather nasty civil wars in the Balkans were not exactly an advert for the decision-making or military capabilities of the EU either.