Ok...so what I'm getting from this is that: 1. A militarily weak, bureaucratically top-heavy EU is not good. 2. A militarily strong, bureaucratically top-heavy EU is not good. 3. A militarily strong, streamlined and capitalistic "United States of Europe" would not be good. 4. A militarily weak, streamlined and capitalistic "United States of Europe" would not be good. 5. A divided, militarily competitive collection of independent European states would not be good.
which leaves, as far as I can tell 6. A unipolar West, in which each European nation's relationship with and deference to the US is regarded as more important than its relationships with its neighbors, is good. Each nation would have just enough of a military to assist the US in international affairs but not enough to threaten its immediate neighbors. And somehow each nation would recognize that this state of affiars doesn't compromise it's own interests significantly. Of course this list is off the top of my head and unencumbered by the research process...but I don't see how a number 6 could ever be brought about. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
