États-Unis et référendum écossais: un peu de nervosité dans l'air

Nos voisins du sud sont-ils indifférents au résultat du vote de jeudi? Pas du tout! Ils seraient même un peu nerveux. Un exemple de retombées négatives d'une victoire du "oui"? La sécurité nationale par le biais d'une possible remise en question de l'OTAN.

 "It's only been two weeks since Obama and Cameron hailed a reinvigorated NATO alliance from a golf course in Wales. Should Scotland vote to go it alone, expect fresh questions about NATO's ability to counter Russia in Eastern Europe.

All of Britain's nuclear weapons -- its only contribution to a Western nuclear deterrent -- are housed at the Royal Navy's base on Scotland's West Coast. A "yes" vote would throw into question the future of the Trident nuclear program, which consists of four Vanguard-class submarines armed with ballistic missiles on lease from the United States.

The main pro-independence party says it opposes nuclear weapons, vowing to remove and ban them in a future Scottish state. Where the weapons would go remains an open question.

   http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/16/politics/us-scotland-vote/index.html