Most people in this country seem to have forgotten that the goal of the EU is to be independent from and a "counter weight" to the US economically and eventually militarily as well. The neocons aren't stoking a new Cold War fever for the sake of putting Russia in a box, they're doing so in hopes of retaining as much control over Europe as they had during the first Cold War.
If it weren't for their own inability to recognize Iz Lame for what it really is they might have had a chance at succeeding, too.
...”It really doesn’t matter what the US intends in Europe”....
Yes I agree...but it does matter to Obama...and we saw that evidenced as Obama had to ‘strong arm’ some of the European countries who were resisting regarding sanctions....he payed plenty to get them on board. And now he wants them going along with Syria....there’s division in the UK regarding doing so...they have no problem going against ISIS in Iraq...but Syria?.....not so much.