The EU cannot be part of the referred-to “special relationship” not due to race (it wasn’t me that said “Anglo-Saxon”), but because of ideology. The EU is socialist and imperialist at its core, seeking to destroy the identities of its member state nations. Furthermore, its claim to be a promoter of peace belies its actions, supporting the war in the Balkans when it suited their purpose and being quite content to allow relations between it and the US to be undermined.
Any estrangement between the US and “Europe” is going to lead to another war. Nothing good comes of that.
Well I do not believe into new wars in Europe. The big nations as France and Germany are those who have the real power and nobody there wants any wars. A war between the US and the EU is extremely improbable since no side would have any benefit of that.
Wars between European nations?
A few days ago my job leaded me into the French barracks of Donaueschingen, a small town in southern Germany. I had a long conversation with the commander there. The garrison will be dissolved soon, but he wants to stay in Donaueschingen since his wife is German and he has the age to retire. My own uncle married a French woman who originally came from Greece. My cousins are real and pretty mademoiselles. An aunt of me married a real British gentleman with a small manor house near Taunton in southern England. Their sons are studing in Germany. Another aunt married a dentist in New York who is jewish btw. (the rest of the family is christian). As far as I know one of my French cousins is attracted to a nice Italian and another one of them earns a doctorate in Canada. I have family in Germany, in the US, in France, in the UK, in Canada and maybe in Italy soon.
Things changed since 1939 in Europe. People are more polyglot and educated. The benefit of working and even living together is much higher than the benefit of silly wars.
There are also good reasons to work together more closely and dissolve old national structures in Europe. If the current EU is the philosopher’s stone that solves all problems is another question. In the moment it is still not democratic and a projekt of elites. Nevertheless not everything of it is wrong. The EU was inflated too fast with countries that are not suited to keep up with the industrial powerhouses of its core during the past few years. This is something that has to be corrected. If we speak about the European core (France, Benelux, Germany, Italy) we need more direct democracy, regions that are self-determined, a combined foreign policy and a combined military. Not all of the current national countries are very democratic or free (Germany i.e. is only externally a “free” country - all basic decisions of the past years were decided against the majority of the German people).
The past wars against Serbia (a very located conflict btw.) were wrong. The outcome is disastrous. But this is nothing that could devolved to the rest of Europe. Things in Europe are more colourful than most Americans might think.
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Regards from Europe