Originally Posted by
dudog84
Not much. My best friend did a 2-week tour of Italy this year and his impression is that the country is pretty poor, especially the south. Very tourist driven.
England probably thought they had a safety valve with the U.S. Heh.
To those with more knowledge of foreign affairs, how does the breakup of economic alliances affect military alliances? I suppose the rest of Europe would come to England's aid in an all-out attack, but that doesn't seem to be the way things happen nowadays. I can't imagine how a European family who lost someone in Iraq/Afghanistan feels to now be told they are not an ally. I started thinking about this because I just watched "A War", a Danish film that was quite powerful.