The alliance was created to guarantee US hegemony over Europe. It’s predicated on dozens of US bases, US administered logistics routes, US contractors, US arms dealers, US surveillance.
You can’t remove the US any more than you can tear out your own heart.
Europe will need to completely retrofit how it handles internal security. And - especially after Brexit - I just don’t see the necessary level of cohesion between the members, absent a totalitarian hegemon like the Americans forcing Europeans together.
The alliance was created to guarantee US hegemony over Europe. It’s predicated on dozens of US bases, US administered logistics routes, US contractors, US arms dealers, US surveillance.
You can’t remove the US any more than you can tear out your own heart.
Europe will need to completely retrofit how it handles internal security. And - especially after Brexit - I just don’t see the necessary level of cohesion between the members, absent a totalitarian hegemon like the Americans forcing Europeans together.