Of Britiain and Europe

Once again, Britain is threatening to upset the plans of those who would have a single, united European state. British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a renegotiation of the European Union treaty it signed 1973. Cameron seeks to reclaim for Britain some of the political and economic power it ceded when it joined the union. Like Caesar, Napoleon, and Hitler before them, the European Union had hoped to subdue Britain and bring it under the continent's administration. Like Caesar, Napoleon, and Hitler before them, the European Union has failed in that goal. What is it about the British that makes them so inimical to continental control? Perhaps it is their long and storied tradition of independence and liberty. Perhaps it is the wretched weather. Whatever it is, even after all these years, we here in the U.S. can still on occasion look to Britain for inspiration.