Britain has backed itself into a corner

[Bean]

Yes you're right.
In the last few decades I've frequently been to Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Czech Rep, Greece etc. etc. many times on holiday and business.
Don't know how I survived the frequent wars and conflicts, it was all so terribly dangerous.

Indeed, way to miss the point

and the list of countries in prior posts

[sasguru]

Are we going to argue over semantics?

Associated countries

I was right - you're a different level of stupid.

[northernladyuk]

Are we going to argue over semantics?

Associated countries

Thank you for posting a list of associate countries of Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. I am sure you feel it's helped your argument along nicely.

[northernladyuk]

I was right - you're a different level of stupid.

Mea culpa.

[WTFH]

Don’t forget how the two Gulf wars were entirely the fault of the EU, anything that NATO gets involved in is the fault of the EU, because it’s based in Brussels and that countries in the EU supply arms to Saudi Arabia.
Falklands War? EU.
Myanmar? EU.
The Troubles? EU.

Everything that is wrong with the world today can be traced to the EU or one of its member states.

[WTFH]

Oh, I’ve remembered another one - North Korea having nukes is the fault of the EU.
Quite simple really, the first atomic bomb was developed by Robert Oppenheimer in the US. He had been a scientist in Germany until he escaped the alt-right who were taking over the country, promising to make it great again, etc.

He was a European before he became and American.

[Bean]

Thank you for posting a list of associate countries of Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. I am sure you feel it's helped your argument along nicely.

Yeah my bad, but wait;
"Legal entities from Associated Countries can participate"

So they are all associated countries yes?

Anyway, my point is that the EU is getting involved in conflicts - and therefore is not necessarily a force for peace.

[milanbenes]

and another one, Iraq and Syria, and Libya, these are all the EU's fault

if it wasn't for the EU Saddam would still be keeping the peace over there

Milan.

[milanbenes]

and another, the EU and the Arab Spring

pesky Brussels huh

Milan.

[Bean]

Don’t forget how the two Gulf wars were entirely the fault of the EU, anything that NATO gets involved in is the fault of the EU, because it’s based in Brussels and that countries in the EU supply arms to Saudi Arabia.
Falklands War? EU.
Myanmar? EU.
The Troubles? EU.

Everything that is wrong with the world today can be traced to the EU or one of its member states.

Someone spiked your coffee?

I'll ask a simple question to you, let's see if you can give a simple answer;

Did the EU intervention in the Ukraine situation help or hinder the ending of the conflict?