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Originally Posted by MTVN
Would be too difficult in practice, nations would all be pulling in different directions and be more or less inclined to commit their forces depending on the particular scenario. Europe has a lot in common and can achieve a lot working together but let's not fool ourselves into thinking we're some monolithic entity who's interests are always going to be the same. Foreign policy is perhaps the biggest area of government in which there would be most disagreement, so much so that any EU military force would probably be rendered impotent through its inability to reach a consensus on anything.
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Completely agree with that.
As a matter of interest, has anyone on this thread so far ever served in any of the armed forces?