[Restorer]

To be perfectly fair, we rescued Europe from the Kaiser, the Nazis and the Commies because any state controlling those immense resources could have quickly built up an unbeatable military machine that would have been a direct threat to us. It was a balance of power thing, not necessarily something we did just out of the goodness of our hearts.

Less of an issue today, because the US is comparatively much stronger relative to even a united Europe than it was during the first half of the 20th.

[fallujah-nuker]

If you've ever seen "Why we fight" by Frank Capra he makes your point very well. Anyone who consolidates power over Eurasia is in control of 7/8ths of the worlds population, and 3/4ths of its resources. So anyone who attempts this should be regarded as a foe. The 2 powers attempting this today are China and the EU (I love the term EU-nuchs). Our foreign policy should be to balance them out and weaken them.

One thing we can do is to encourage Brazil to liberate the "occupied territories" aka French Guiana. Can you picture the French attempting to retake this ala the Falklands with their piece of crap aircraft carrier the Charles deGaulle?