Over at Vodkapundit, Stephen Green has some thoughts on recent developments in France and Germany and what they mean for American foreign policy.
The future of American diplomacy lies not in Europe, where the future leads to violence and decline, but instead it lies south of the Tropic of Cancer. However, we’ll still have to deal with Europe, and be especially sensitive to them just as soon as they realize how bad things really are. (When I say “Europe,” I emphatically don’t mean to include Britain. The UK is now and always will be our most vital ally. Nor do I mean “New Europe.” I’m speaking of the Franco-German alliance, and the smaller countries in their thrall.) So how do we manage flamboyant France and truculent Germany?
The answer is less complicated than it sounds: We keep them together while pulling them apart.
Read the whole thing.
