Quote Originally Posted by Meneldil
When did we fail to protect ourselves as a continent ?
The mongol invasion, The Collaspe of the Roman Empire, the treat of Napealon, the Cold War, - several little historical tidbits that can be used to back up my sacrastic comment

Every time Europe was threatened, Europeans achieved to surpass their internal fights and to protect the continent.
Again not completely true - Mongol invasion, the advance of Islam by the sword, and a couple of others that once again can be used to give creditablity to my caustic sarcastic comment about European defense. Your two notable ones from the last century were concluded because a nation not of Europe happened to interven in both. Now given WW1 was going to wind down by the time American came in - Canada and Austrilia were involved way before then. However Europe failed to protect itself during WW2 from its own internal threat.

But then again I was being overly sarcastic because of statements like these.

I'm afraid this is the only way to break of dependance from the warlike US.

Too bad, because an European army could probably achieve what the US can't : defeating a few desert savages.

I to can play the little caustic comment game.