There are the elite rich and millions of minions that always were willing to corrupt individual rights with all of the inluence they could bring  to politics. Some foresaw the conflict in Ukraine when Russia grew strong enough to recover its lost land taken in 1991. Few  foresaw the growth of the EU and NATO to such an extreme that they would sustain war with Russia in Ukraine as a test of economic and military strength.

  What wasn’t known a priori by many was the shape the post Cold War realignment of Europe would take when it began to see itself as the center of the Universe politically a half century after D-Day. Germany is set to become perhaps the 3rd or 4th largest military on Earth. Its influence on the lesser members of the EU will be enormous. The United States will be regarded as a junior partner in NATO as Europe will consider itself the true leaders and largely self-determining of a future quite distinct from the course the United States may take politically. Norway could become a junior partner in glorious economic fascism with Germany or flop toward state socialism in a reversal of the German revolution with the rich this time moving toward socialism led by royalty.

  The United States should pursue its own course in international relations distinct from Europes. It should use constructive engagement with the EU and normalize relations with Russia.

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