Originally Posted by
10thMountainMan
Lol I enjoyed your rebuttal. The point being, whether you see Europe as the layabout or the startup, it will be better for both Europe and America if Europe stands up for itself. I think one of the primary reasons European culture has become so self-hating and weak, is they've been able to rely on a power structure backed by US military dominance to keep outside pressures minimized, and to keep the shipping lanes open.
As with people, so goes it with nations. When the sheepdogs have kept the wolves at bay so long and so successfully, and few sheep remain that remember what a wolf looks like, the sheep begin to see the sheepdog as the bad-guy, because he bears such resemblance to the wolf. That is until the wolves return, of course. How's that eastern frontier looking these days?