Originally Posted by
Smarty
Not as much BS as you think.
This is different from the UN missions.
The new military clauses in the Lisbon treaty include......
Article 28A(c)3 (TEU) “member states shall undertake progressively to improve their military capabilities.”
This is in black and white here, Member states including Ireland must keep improving their military capabilities, ie more weapons, etc. For what ?? Thats what the next part explains
Title V, Solidarity Clause, Article 188R, Page 132 Lisbon Treaty.
1. The Union and its Member States shall act jointly in a spirit of solidarity if a Member State is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of a natural or man-made disaster. The Union shall mobilise all the instruments at its disposal, including the military resources made available by the Member States, to:
(a) – prevent the terrorist threat in the territory of the Member States;
– protect democratic institutions and the civilian population from any terrorist attack;
– assist a Member State in its territory, at the request of its political authorities, in the event of a terrorist attack;
(b) assist a Member State in its territory, at the request of its political authorities, in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
2. Should a Member State be the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of a natural or man-made disaster, the other Member States shall assist it at the request of its political authorities. To that end, the Member States shall coordinate between themselves in the Council.
Terrorist attack ?? Man-made disaster ?
A bomb goes off somewhere and you need the armies of 27 nations to go in get a grip here.
When Georgia was invaded by Russia last year the president of Georgia likened it to a terrorist attack, Is this the REAL ultimate goal, to have a pan European army ready to stand up to another massive standing army in this case Russia ?