Letters to the Editor: The State should play no part in EU military

'Ireland does not need copycat military institutions cloned from the military institutions of an empire from another era'

'The State does not need expensive fighter jets to be scrambled to intercept passing foreign aeroplanes, where their pilots and the pilots of intercepted planes would exchange friendly hand waves through their cockpit windows, as was the case during the Cold War and continues.' Picture: Dan Linehan

If the real reason for establishing the European Economic Community was to prevent European nations from going to war, that has not worked out too well, has it? Europeans have continued warmongering, not killing each other but — with ever-increasing military capability — unleashing deadly weaponry on North Africans, Iraqis, and Afghans.

The State should have no part in that warmongering, should not increase military spending, and should disengage from the continuation of incremental measures being enacted, bringing about the relinquishing of her sovereignty.