[Captain Walker]

So, either way under either a label, I think we'll see Germany moving toward a populist right governance which is to be monitored closely, not because it is dangerously right wing, but because from an American point of view it is dangerously liable to associate with Russia and China.

More importantly to the US, such a Germany would be less likely to do our bidding.

[nathanbedford]

Yes, the US will increasingly find Germany less likely to do our bidding. Recent polls have found that of all the nations of Europe the Germans dislike America the most.

I think the real danger is the 19th century nightmare, an Asian landmass extending from the western border of Germany to the Pacific that is possessed of a nearly unending inventory of minerals, petroleum, people, scientific knowledge and riches. Germany and Russia are currently on the ropes with China not far behind but one can see within a generation a world power of the first rank with aggressive appetites.

The history of Europe post Napoleon is really the history of Germany. It has been the preoccupation of the British to prevent the amalgamation of Germany with Russia. If one adds modern, powerful China to that combination, the threat could be very daunting indeed.