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I am convinced that Europe and the United States will have to opt for a common security alliance in the future, just as they did in the past. The United States is the only remaining superpower, but even so it will have to rely on dependable partners over the long term.

With "friends" like France and Germany we sure as hell don't need any enemies. But, unfortunately, we do have enemies. If necessary, we'll go it alone. I don't see what Europe can contribute. They have no intestinal fortitude, and even if they did, they have no real military capability. They would be more of a hinderance than of help.

Europe can contribute a great deal in the War on Terror. For example, in police work and intelligence gathering.

If you talk to law enforcement professionals, I am certain that you will find relations to be very good, much better than with European politicians.

American troops have been training for an Iraqi invasion in Hungary for the past months. Dutch soldiers will defend Turkey against Iraqi attacks.

German bio/chem warfare units are posted alongside U.S. forces in Kuwait, and a fairly large German contingent is operating in Afghanistan, the duplicitous and dishonest policy of chancellor Schroeder notwithstanding.

It is true that Europe is not pulling its own weight militarily, and this is unlikely to get better soon due to bloated welfare-state spending.

However, their contributions should not be discounted entirely, and hopefully will increase in the mid-future.

Our troops need money!! But our special troops and those who are deployed to the foreign (Balkans, Afghanistan, Somalia) get whatever they need. The contributions to these missions are much appreciated by the US administration.