The Rain In Spain Fall Mainly Where It Wants To

The Spanish were once a world power and are now becoming a major player on the world stage

"Standing up to France and Germany is working its way through the system," he said. "It will be going more deeply into the national consciousness. It is increasingly understood that French policy on international issues is essentially about advancing French national interests. Standing up for Spain, being aware of Spanish interests, as inconceivable as it was in the 80's and 90's, is becoming increasingly credible."

I suddenly had this vision of the British army helping the Dutch defend the Netherlands as the Spanish and American march north on Paris and the Polish and other former Warsaw Pact Armies march on Berlin.

Of course the French and the Germans would have to do something really stupid.