Europe: Let Uncle Do It

The American Thinker ^ | April 09, 2007 | James Lewis

[Northern Alliance]

Europe gets forty percent of its oil through the Persian Gulf. But by an accident of history (and civilized policy -- ours, that is) it is the United States that guards the Gulf from madmen like Ahmadinejad. Well, so be it. We gain from world peace and free trade, and it is better to keep the maniacs far away from our shores.

But it is now way past time for Europe to step up to the plate again. They have the economic might, the population, the brains -- but not the guts -- to behave as a decent actor on the world stage. And the British "hostage crisis" -- which was not a crisis at all, but a staged provocation, an invitation for the Brits to kowtow, which they did -- should spell the end of our patience.

[kabar]

As there are no united states these days.

Really? Where did you come up with that one? Do you doubt that the US is no longer a single country?

BTW the Euroeconomics have grown compared to the US economy.

The US economy is growing and our unemployment rate is lower than most of the countries in Europe. What is the rate of growth of the supposed "Euroeconomics?" Even though there is really only the individual economies by each country.