Go away, before we taunt you again!

Where did this lady come from? In the era of peace love and understanding in the EU, Miche'le Alliot-Marie wants to spend the money it takes to build up the EU military to the levels of the US. While I do believe that it is absolutely necessary to have an effective military force to defend your national interests at home and abroad, the socialist welfare state that exists in most of the EU cannot survive if military spending triples. One must be strong and the other weakened, or both will be weak and ineffective. The socialist welfare in the EU is failing in it's current structure, while it's military force is rather anemic.

She did make one statement that made me laugh.

We are currently at the same technological level as the United States - if we want to stay there, we have to do a lot more," Alliot-Marie said. "That is the price for being not just an economic power, but a political power.

I hope she is not referring to the state of military technology. I want to see the French stealth fighter-bomber.

I say go for it. Build up your military force to a level where the US can re-deploy its forces to other places, say the Middle East or the Pacific rim.