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Sid, firstly I won't get pulled into another e.u.-bashing campaign on this site for a while and a bit, as I have been flagged down various times, so I'll respect the pacts! However, a look at history is a different subject, so I feel free to participate, also respecting Andy's advice, hence I'll avoid mentioning the Balkans, other than to state that Bismark had said (before the Kaiser dismissed him): the Balkans are not worth (the life of) one Pomeranian Grenadier!
But do you know that the British and French had the Entente Cordiale, which avoided conflict between our two countries and made it possible for the British and French to divide Africa in administrative spheres? Also, the German, Italian Belgian and Portughese administration spheres in Africa were all accepted as part of the idea that Britain and major European countries did all this in agreement with each-other to avoid conflicts one against ther other. Furthermore, in the eightennth and ninetennth centuries, Britain and European states repeatedly had conferences to define borders within Europe and so avoid disputes and wars between one country and another. hence, Britain does not have a history of isolationism! This was the point I was trying to get through. the term 'little Englander' seems to be the phrasing of people who have little knowledge of history! It baffles me! it so happens that I too have knowledge on history!
Nowadays, Africans and Asians all have reached the same grade of technology as the British and Europeans, and so times have changed. There is no place for Britain getting involved in disputes in Europe that could potentially lead to a war, and so I do not advocate any world-policing programmes either.