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Memories have consequences. For 10 years Europeans have been promising they would increase the size and quality of their armed forces. They have scarcely tried. In Bosnia and in Kosovo, it was American military might that ended nasty little European wars. As George Robertson, the Scottish Secretary-General of NATO, said recently, "American critics of Europe's military incapability are right." This is not to say the Europeans should match the U.S. militarily or even that they could. It is now an axiom that the overwhelming power of the American military machine has reshaped international affairs. Paul Kennedy of Yale...
...Memories have consequences. For 10 years Europeans have been promising they would increase the size and quality of their armed forces. They have scarcely tried. In Bosnia and in Kosovo, it was American military might that ended nasty little European wars. As George Robertson, the Scottish Secretary-General of NATO, said recently, "American critics of Europe's military incapability are right." This is not to say the Europeans should match the U.S. militarily or even that they could. It is now an axiom that the overwhelming power of the American military machine has reshaped international affairs. Paul Kennedy of Yale...
...semifinals. The British went on to defeat the Swiss in an exciting (honest) gold-medal match that went down to the last stone. All the members of the British team hail from Scotland, which is appropriate since the sport traces its origins to the 16th century and frozen Scottish lochs. The 19-kg stones used in competition are still cut from Scottish granite...
...European Parliament, M.E.P.s chose Pat Cox, an Irish Liberal Democrat, to replace French conservative Nicole Fontaine. A former television journalist, Cox stood as an independent, promising reforms aimed at making the assembly more effective. "We are building the democratic part of Europe's future," he said after defeating Scottish socialist, David Martin, in three rounds of voting...
...empiricism to its logical extreme.” The question is asked, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?” Our hero replies by opening his essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative...