[englishrookie]

Do you really believe Europe would devolve into actual internal warfare, without the US? What about the EU? I believe it has successfully kept the peace ever since its predecessor, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was created - specifically to avoid another war.

Your example is very on point: the member states are talking - not fighting - to protect their own interests.

[blibble]

the EU claims credit for the peace

in reality for most of it was the fact the Russians were 50ft away, with American troops as the security guarantee

Russia in 2022 is yet another example of how rapidly despots will discard "entangled trade" for military conquest

[tick_tock_tick]

I think it's very fair to say the USA is the only thing that has kept the EU together and a weaker or less globally important USA will allow the EU to fracture and fall apart.

[mdhb]

Your analysis is literally decades out of date.