Neutral Ireland shouldn't join militaristic Europe

"The Iraq war debacle with up to one million dead should sound the death knell for militarism. Instead, the Lisbon Treaty promotes militarism and will mean the death of Irish neutrality," writes military researcher Edward Horgan. "The hidden agenda in the Lisbon Treaty is that it is part of a continuum of European and international developments that promotes militarism and erodes neutrality as a peace maintenance option. ... The EU army, with comprehensive Nato overlap (interoperability), is being crafted to project European economic interests and power on the one hand, while enhancing 'Fortress Europe', to keep the 'others' out. ... Voting no is not a vote against the European Union. It is a vote against the militarisation of Europe and for a Europe that should be working to reform and strengthen the United Nations, not undermining it."

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