In 2003, following the start of the Iraq war, Europe embraced a strategy prepared by Javier Solana, then the European Union’s High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. But, while a large number of Europeans naively believed that this was the prelude to a joint European strategy, the proposal was drafted in terms that were so vague as to allow any outcome – or none.
平心而论，欧洲具有采取联合行动的方法。2003年，伊拉克战争爆发后，欧洲采取了时任欧盟共同外交和安全政策高级代表索拉纳（Javier Solana）所提出的战略。但是，尽管众多欧洲人天真地认为欧洲联合战略只是个序幕，但这一方案非常模糊，根本无法形成成果。