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...conflicts with a wide range of allies against myriad opponents. The guerrilla war against the U.K.'s colonial administration in post-World War II Malaysia and the stubborn conflict in Northern Ireland endowed British commanders with invaluable expertise in counterinsurgency. They learned different lessons in the Falklands, Bosnia and Sierra Leone. (See a brief history of WWII movies...
...Pforzheim, Germany I agree with you on many points, especially the bureaucracy and the lack of efficiency in the E.U. Nobody would ever deny these shortcomings. Yet, I must firmly reject your suggestion that Europe should work harder to ease tensions in its sphere of interest, for instance in Bosnia, or reach out to the countries of North Africa, or cooperate with Turkey. Why don't you admit that it is the strategic interest of the U.S. to want other nations to be present in areas where the U.S. is not welcome...
...Over the next five years, what will Europe do? No. 1, a new diplomatic service. That means a face for Europe, across the world, engaging. Second, Europe has to be a more effective operator in its neighborhood: we have to look at what we do in the western Balkans, Bosnia, what we do after the Ukrainian elections with the new government, looking at our relationship with Russia...
...asserted virtues of tolerance, compromise and liberality, not in a condescending way, but in one that explains how the world's true dark continent in the 20th century found a path to peace. And the E.U. could work harder to ease tensions in its sphere of interest - ensuring that Bosnia does not slip back into conflict, working closely with Turkey to ensure its enormous potential for encouraging a new prosperity to Europe's East is realized, reaching out in a true partnership to the nations of North Africa - another good Sarkozy idea - to see if they can be brought within...
...Ultimately, says Grebo, a long-time campaigner for human rights and peaceful ethnic co-existence, the only secure future for Bosnia is through further European integration by joining the European Union and NATO. Most Bosnians agree. It's just the getting there that's difficult...