Brexit No Brainer; LEAVE !

It's not that I am laying any blame on Europeans as I unfold this story. After all, the Good Book says our human condition is flawed. We, Asians, have not touched the Levers of Modern Global Power yet. There is no telling what we can get up to. Japan came close and turned out to be a Barbaric Nightmare.

The French as exemplified by Charles De Gaulle always held notions of Grandeur but lack the substance to back them up and won't admit to it. They never seemed grateful to be liberated from German Occupation by the British and Americans. They would rather forget these events ever happened. The Occupation and The Liberation.

That's why France became the driving force behind EU. An attempt to redeem their leadership over Europe after their humiliating defeat at the hands of the Germans. France wasted no time in the switch of fortunes with Germany as the Germans became the subdued ones. De Gaulle acted tough as if to obliterate France's bruised pride and kept Britain out of EU (EEC then). As long as De Gaulle was alive the membership of Britain would not be entertained. Only after De Gaulle's death on 9th November 1970 did Britain began serious negotiations to join.

Britain was desperate to join as it shared the concerns of the other European Colonial masters that they are losing the perks and privileges of their former colonies as independences were granted and the colonies became nation states and were able to stand on their own feet.

One of the major motivations for EU is to collectively make up for the Wealth Vacuum from the loss of colonies. In their twisted fears in the 60s and 70s, they believed Russia and China would swallow their former colonies all up.

Today, many of the European fears did not materialize. Instead, many former colonies and unexpected countries prospered in ways never imagined.

So much so that the Leaders of Germany, France, Britain, etc, are each outdoing the others to frequently troop in and out of Beijing, Tokyo, New Delhi, Seoul, etc, to cement trade deals.

So the EU is now useless except as a Dinosaur to taunt Putin by binding the former Soviet Union satellite states. That's why politicians are screaming to remain as can be seen from the campaigns of Major, Blair and Cameron.

If and when Ukraine and Crimea are gouged out of Russian control, it would be too sensitive to bring them into NATO but is diplomatically palatable to park them in EU first.

In this instance, Obama perhaps deserves his Nobel Peace Award for showing no interests whatsoever in this gouging effort as pressured by the West's Right Wing Extremists.

Once Britain leaves, the rest of EU will break apart. Trading Blocs are things of the past.