Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardians security affairs editor, proposes that America will always call the shots, and will be judge jury and executioner – with the EU and the rest of NATO there to clean up the mess.
I do not agree that the EU cannot catch up with the US militarily or strategically. With the expansion of the EU, and the ambition of its leaders, the EU will continue to thrive, and so become a rival to US power. A very scary situation indeed.