tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post4178472503791920330..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: France Re-enters NATO (Mil Side)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-8567545631166117072009-03-14T14:51:00.000-04:002009-03-14T14:51:00.000-04:00Dick is correct. Cooperation between Services an...Dick is correct. Cooperation between Services and amongst allies gets better the further from the "flag pole" one gets. In this case we are talking the "flag pole" of the national capitals. I think that is because the concern out in the field is with the immediate and not the impact on decades of tradition, projected decades into the future.<BR/><BR/>Regards -- CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-48547097965586195582009-03-14T13:10:00.000-04:002009-03-14T13:10:00.000-04:00Back in 1980-81, I worked at VII Corps Headquarter...Back in 1980-81, I worked at VII Corps Headquarters in Stuttgart which is in the southwest of Germany. West of us in the Baden-Baden area were big contingents of Canadiens and French, both of whom participated with us in exercises. While the French were not part of NATO, we fully expected them to be right alongside of us if the Soviets came across the border. I guess that's an example of the disconnect between the policy-level and the folks on the ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com