One irony here is that the same Europeans who are most critical of a supposedly "unilateral" America are undermining the world's most effective multilateral institution. It's true that a separate EU military force won't compete with NATO overnight. But over the years it will become a competing power center and erode NATO's effectiveness and clout. This is no doubt precisely what Mr. Chirac has in mind, and other Europeans have to realize what is being decided.
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Rummy was leading NATO's Defense Ministers and fighting France's latest attempt to weaken American influence on the world stage in CO recently as the pro-France press lied about him being sidelined by Conde.
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