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The European Union should move towards forming a common army, Germany's Angela Merkel said in an interview focusing on the chancellor's vision for the future of the bloc.

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david_nwpa
March 23, 2007, 6:59 p.m.
Common European Army? Would their ideas replace NATO as unneeded and duplicitous? Would we need to re-evaluate the US position as a world leader? Would Europe become the next superpower? Lots of tough questions. What do you readers think?
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jordan11
March 23, 2007, 7:35 p.m.
The EU has been building for 50 years, & the last few years exerting more emphasis on becoming 'one,' especially with the monetary system being converted to Euro's. The UK stayed with the pound, however. It's not surprising that with our current climate, they want to bolster their military powers. Achieving that might be difficult, as many countries don't like being under the dictates of other than their own. Coming together for their own protections does make sense to me. Achieving it won't be easy.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenM
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david_nwpa
March 23, 2007, 7:40 p.m.
How will the former Eastern bloc countries fit in with the new European Army? Wouldn't countries like Ukraine and Belarus be somewhat fearful of having Europe's armies amassed right at their borders? Not that a unified European army would ever lead an invasionary force, but it could happen.
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Eagle_Eye
March 23, 2007, 7:47 p.m.
Interesting topic, I also wonder about NATO and the smaller countries being fearful....but it could be a good thing standing over the mess in the middle east.
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nostalgia
March 24, 2007, 9:07 a.m.
There are interesting things going on in the US Congress regarding Turkey. I'm not seeing much in our news here about it.
Congressman Schiff disappointed at Rice's stance on Armenian Genocide issue
http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=21565
Many links at the bottom of the article on related stories.
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Albmore
March 24, 2007, 3:23 p.m.
10 powers come together....signs of the end times.
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Albmore
March 31, 2007, 10:20 a.m.
Germany and France the leaders and the ones who put into proposal the dept limit for countries in the EU have both over extened thier debt limit for sevral years but do not wish to pay the fine for doing so.