Ted RE...Why? Because Europe could easily hide behind the US's strength and let the US do the dirty work, but instead they are choosing not to........which doesn't make sense if they were coming from weakness as the author asserts......the weak always cling to the strong.
But what if Europe had a way of becoming strong, and didn't need the US for its strength. By uniting into the Eu, separating the european countries out of Nato into a European NATO, and using the UN, where Europe has 18 votes to the US one; Europe can once again brandish its power, and doesn't need the US. Suddenly, American desires for unity, become bullying, because Europe doesn't want to follow the US lead, Europe wants to say what the lead is, and have the US follow.
First, I was responding to the argument in the article posted by Z.
However, I think there is something to your argument. I don't think Europe was necessarily looking to "brandish its power"; however, a militaristic, aggressive US may force into rethinking its position and where it wants to go from here. I don't think you see how threatening the US has become to the rest of the world. The hawks think itself a good thing......walk loudly and wave that stick around........most of the rest of the world doesn't share in your satisfaction.
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