Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
How about this - 'blaming problems in Europe on outside forces is typically a convenient scapegoat'?
Does who? I just said European politicians were one of the biggest factors for the problems faced in Europe.

You seem to entertain an idea of national entities as somehow existing in separate spheres of reality from each other, yet go on to elaborate by contradicting yourself.
Nope, not separate spheres. Outside influence has to be pretty heavy and pretty negative before it becomes unrealistic for local inhabitants to be able to build or sustain a functioning country.