Americans need a strong and prosperous Europe.
True enough. But let's define our terms of what America needs:
Europe will not be our friend. European states can be our friend. And Europeans even in countries without governments friendly to us can be our friends. Why let these sources of support, friendship, and alliance be submerged in an EU supra-elite culture of hatred for America?
We need a strong and prosperous continent of European countries--not a strong and prosperous single European political entity. I sometimes doubt if our elites understand the difference. Or why we need the former and not the latter.
