The discussion on an earlier post turned to me asking this question. Can the UK repeat the Falklands if it happened today?
Some took the question as being a direct repeat of the events that led to that war, but I was asking it in a larger context.
If British territory was seized, could they retake it? Not necessarily the Falklands but anywhere in the world.
After talking with friends, I realize that isn't the right question.
The right question is this...Is the European Union, as its currently organized, capable of mustering the forces of its member nations to be able to come to the defense of any of its members to regain territory.
The answer that we arrived at was maybe. It would all depend on if the territory was a colonial holdover, if the territory's people wanted to remain part of the member countries sphere of influence etc...
Two elements of the EU's military bear watching.
The Rapid Deployment Force (information is hard to come by...does it even exist)
The Anti-Piracy Task Force
More to come.
