Airstrip One

Falling between two stools - 25th November 2002, 22.02

IDS managed to point out Blair's overloading of the armed forces. Which has priority: NATO or the EU? The Fettes cat smiled and disappeared, answering,

"There are going to be circumstances where Europe is able to act but Nato, for reasons for example to do with American unwillingness, is unwilling to act. In circumstances where Nato as a whole cannot be engaged it makes perfect sense for European defence to take this over."

Transpose 'American' and 'European' to discover this government's real foreign policy.