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I'm not a racist, but.... I like the French Army!
John, I fully agree with UKIP policies that we should be an independent Country and quit the e.u.
Howard knows all too well how I love hob-nailed boots and pipes and drums. The Union Jack Flying High! But I am not too sure if Ian's post is right on sugesting that in a military alliance with France Britain would be subordinate! Is it so? One would expect an alliance to be on parity terms.
An alliance with France is nothing negative, as long as it is reciprocal between two countries and does not imply automatically getting involved in wars in other countries. The Nato alliance initially meant the possibility of any member of it's military command getting involved in a war in any member's country, ONLY if that country was INVADED.
Then Nato became a military force involved in wars that had nothing to do with defending a member country from invasion.
If an alliance with France meant quitting NATO and promissing reciprocal support between Britain and France in case either of these were invaded, then I'd say yes.
If Napoleon hadn't advanced at Waterloo, then the British and French commanders could have come to an agreement without loss of life for the two armies. In fact, The French Army was in a position to receive more men and artillary every day, the British were not, being in Belgium.
Because I admire the French Army, I am sad on reading about battles between the English/British and the French.
Well, sorry Ian. No offence meant!