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Yah beat me to it!!

Seriously though, now that I've had more than a second to think about it - I think it would be a good diplomatic move. It would box France and Germany in very nicely. Let's just assume that Poland is offered statehood and accepts. We could then move our troops out of Germany into Poland and take our dollars with us. German economy tanks, Poland starts selling lots of goods to the US and it places a solid foot print on European soil.

France blows a gasket because the would now have to COMPETE for new states in the EU. The anti-US stance would be very much a mill stone around their neck. Diplomaticly, the US shows the world that we reward our friends and punish those that oppose us and smack the crap out of those that attack us.

Such a move would send shock waves not only through the current diplomatic world but would have long term impact as well.