There is a practical reason why the nations of the European continent are so ... cautious about sending troops or making other commitments to world progress. They are broke.
Huge numbers of countries are clamoring for the US to pony up for peace keeping efforts, food drives and other security initiatives. The same nations also complain that they cannot pay their fair share because they don't have the wealth of the US and that the USA's prosperity should be used to better mankind across the globe.
While it may be true that other nations cannot afford to contribute more, it is a justification largely of their own making. When dictators steal from the people, or national policies require enormous taxes to fund social justice projects, there is less capital to fund ingenuity and entrepreneurship. It is these things, not governmental controlled and parceled out services that lead to economic prosperity. It is precisely due to the rate of taxation and lack of freedom these other countries have that now makes it difficult to do what had be done in previous generations.
England was unable to defend itself without massive aid from the USA in WWII. Frankly, the world would have a much different face on it today were it not for the industrial capacity and willingness to sacrifice treasure and blood to liberate large pieces of the world.
Now we face staggering debt, caused by a desire to replicate the designs of European nations. It begs the question: Didn't we throw off the oppression of European dictators over 230 years ago? Why would we seek to enslave our people for generations to come just to be more like them today?
Think about it.
Mike Rowland
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