Re: LOTR and 20th Century Western European Prejudices

Jordan179 wrote:

> Right now Europe is living in an irresponsible fantasy-land, derived
> from decades of protection by America. They think that Great Powers
> can act as if they were protected _by_ the world order, rather than
> being either protectors _of_ or menaces _to_ the world order.
> 
> I think that Britain gets it, and I think that France really gets it
> but just pretends naivete. I'm not so sure about Germany, and I'm
> pretty sure that Italy is acting randomly.

Umm, what? Presently there are no "menaces" to the world order since the
Sovier Union was disbanded in 1992. If the US were to withdraw its bases
from Europe, European countries would hardly need additional protection
from anyone, since there isn't any concievable threat to them
whatsoever. Due to commercial and political integration provided by the
framework of the EU, the chance of intra-Europe (intra-EU) conflicts is
also nil. 

I think the major party that doesn't "get it" is the American
electorate. 

-JJ