Pacifist Europeans might do well to realize the long peace was and is enforced by US nuclear weapons. At a certain point you become a protectorate; and some gratitude is reasonable.
A weak America is a dead Europe.
A weak America is a dead Europe.
The US is essentially a version 1.2 of Europe.
Sort of an Eloi-like existence.
Get out with your American exceptionalism.
It is not through awesomeness but simple resource dedication which buys peace, which some conveniently neglect or pretend wouldn’t matter if the situation were much different.
Europe relies on this exceptional spending and benefits from it, having a disproportionately strong power encourages peace.
It's not just America though, any sufficiently imperialist nation can create a peace; Pax Romana, Pax Sinica, Pax Britannica, Pax Ottomana all exist.
The pacifist European needs to learn about geopolitics.