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What would have happened during the war in Iraq with a EU army? A few countries, including France who would presumably be the major contributor to this hypothe
by dudul 5y ago
What would have happened during the war in Iraq with a EU army? A few countries, including France who would presumably be the major contributor to this hypothetical army, didn't want to go.
- paganel 5y agoAnd for good reason.
- dudul 5y agoI agree, but that wasn't my point
- nradov 5y agoThe same thing would have happened. Even with an EU military, member states would still maintain their own national militaries and could deploy them independently. Just like how NATO didn't participate in the Iraq war but several member states did.
- dudul 5y agoSo it would be pointless if each member can decide to deploy their troops the way they want, might as well keep national armies.
- nradov 5y agoThe point is in having a standing general staff and standard operating procedures, reinforced by periodic joint training exercises. This allows for taking action much faster, with lower risk of errors versus starting from scratch for each operation. In practice a prospective EU military would probably just copy most aspects of NATO, just with a slightly different set of missions and member states.