Conrad Black, American Greatness: What’s the Matter With Europe?
For all the flak President Trump gets for insufficient deference to America’s allies, Americans should be aware of the parlous condition of Europe, which long was regarded as the co-equal half of the Western alliance to the United States and Canada.
It does not require a geriatric to recall the piping days when it was commonplace to hear someone announce the coming supremacy of a united Europe. This was a fantasy wedged between the imminent economic surpassing of America by Japan, and then by China. The United States has potential rivals, some less cordial than others, and complacency is always unwise. But the decline of Europe, not its rise, is now the threat that should worry foreign policy specialists.
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WNU Editor: Had lunch this past Saturday with two web developers who immigrated a months ago from Belgium to Canada. When I asked them on why they made the decision to leave, I got nothing but a lecture on how much Europe has declined in the past few years. And protests in France, Brexit, and Germany's dysfunctional political system is just the tip of the iceberg. They also gave me a prediction on Europe's future. Bottom line .... it is going to get worse.
