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The EU didnt guarantee peace

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 05:12:48 +0000

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The EU didnt guarantee peace to non-members, nor many other benefits aside from a safehouse to go (as chose Slovenia and Slovakia, later Slovenia and of course all of East Europe post-wall) and a guarantee that Austria and Germany and Italy and Greece wouldnt join the armed invasion this time, so it didnt turn into the 3rd Balkan War or WWI redux as Sarajevo would like to boast. The EU provides greater recognition and rights and development funds for traditionally dsgruntled provinces like Scotland and Catalonia and Northern Ireland and Basque Country so there's less of a reason to break away. Yes, NATO is still a factor. The treatment of Ukraine was more graceful than it might have been in Charge of the Light Brigade or Bismarck times as well. It's sometimes harder to appreciate catastrophes avoided over bad effects experienced, but things could have been much much worse.

Driftglass on disappearing

NCD — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 01:30:41 +0000

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Driftglass on disappearing 'Leave' Conservative Boris Johnson:

Turns out, pyromaniacs suck at the boring business of governance on both sides of the Atlantic.

And of course, Paul Ryan doesn't want to be Prime Minister of America either.

Johnson's withdrawal from the

Lurker — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:20:38 +0000

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Johnson's withdrawal from the race is astonishing, more surprising than Cameron's resignation. I had been thinking that there would be at least one clear benefit of Brexit: getting Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. What will happen now is anyone's guess.

As usual, Reuters biases its reporting. It describes the European Union as "a "bloc that helped guarantee peace in post-war Europe." Tell it to the former Yugoslavs. The credit belongs to NATO, and its dominant member, the United States.