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	<title>Comments on: UK and France Join Forces</title>
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		<title>By: Stephen Green</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephen Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>James, I don&#039;t think the new plan will do much to alter US/UK, US/French, or UK/French relations.

Why?  Even if it does come to pass (which I doubt), each country will still feel free to use its own soldiers as it sees fit -- and Anglo-French agreement will come about as often as it ever has.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James, I don't think the new plan will do much to alter US/UK, US/French, or UK/French relations.</p>
<p>Why?  Even if it does come to pass (which I doubt), each country will still feel free to use its own soldiers as it sees fit -- and Anglo-French agreement will come about as often as it ever has.</p>
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		<title>By: John Farren</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Farren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A British opinion:

The proposed forces look likely, under present proposals, to be only &#039;earmarking&#039; one (RMC or Para, most likely) battalion.
 
The sticking point would come if France tried to use this as a wedge to get a permanent assigned force (including RAF/RN/Armoured assets) and command structure, and/or access to the full UK intelligence/comms assets, which are presently closely linked to the US.
At that point, I hope and expect, the UK would tell France to stop being silly.

If Blair is being clever about this (though I doubt it), he&#039;ll get MoD to make sure this outfit never does anything, and just ensure that it puts a spanner in the works of Franco-German joint ops.
It would be interesting to see what officers think of a post on this unit&#039;s staff, if/when it&#039;s set up. That&#039;ll tell if it&#039;s militarily serious or a joke post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A British opinion:</p>
<p>The proposed forces look likely, under present proposals, to be only 'earmarking' one (RMC or Para, most likely) battalion.</p>
<p>The sticking point would come if France tried to use this as a wedge to get a permanent assigned force (including RAF/RN/Armoured assets) and command structure, and/or access to the full UK intelligence/comms assets, which are presently closely linked to the US.<br />
At that point, I hope and expect, the UK would tell France to stop being silly.</p>
<p>If Blair is being clever about this (though I doubt it), he'll get MoD to make sure this outfit never does anything, and just ensure that it puts a spanner in the works of Franco-German joint ops.<br />
It would be interesting to see what officers think of a post on this unit's staff, if/when it's set up. That'll tell if it's militarily serious or a joke post.</p>
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		<title>By: The Bejus Pundit</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Bejus Pundit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Hmmmm...&lt;/strong&gt;
James Joyner points to an interesting article that describes a new French/British defense force, with possible participation by the Germans: This is interesting. France and Germany have had a similar arrangement for several years now. One wonders what,...

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hmmmm...</strong><br />
James Joyner points to an interesting article that describes a new French/British defense force, with possible participation by the Germans: This is interesting. France and Germany have had a similar arrangement for several years now. One wonders what,...</p>
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