Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
That said, I don't think we should look towards Europe as a model. They're a bunch of anti-gun, anti-military, socialists. We need to find a way to enlighten ourselves without turning into wimps.
We're not anti-military per se, its just that we have been doing it for a 1000 odd years more than the USA.

We've had our share you might say..

And for most of the previous big wars...we europeans tend to get stuck in straight away...rather than join in half way through.... wimps indeed!