[Plateau]

I think it is pretty obvious that eastern europe wants us much more badly than western europe. I forsee some shifting alliances in the not-so-distant future.

[Namyak]

Very true. Eastern Europe actually appreciates what the US did for them during the Cold War; after all, it was Poland and the rest that suffered under the Soviet yoke. Eastern Europe appreciates the cost of freedom and is willing to fight to bring it to others, while much of Western Europe has taken their freedom for granted and values it too little. I see Western Europe continuing to fall into diplomatic irrelevancy as new alliances between the Anglo-sphere countries and Eastern Europe are formed and nurtured.