Europe Has Made Itself an Afterthought
NRO ^ | 29 Nov 2025 | Rich Lowry
Posted on 11/30/2025 10:24:18 AM PST by Rummyfan
The late conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer maintained of the U.S., “Decline is a choice.”
This isn’t quite right with regard to Europe, whose great powers were kneecapped by the cataclysms of the early 20th century. France bore the brunt of World War I, suffering 1.4 million dead and 4.3 million wounded and a ruinous economic cost.
As for Britain, stretched to the max, it got steadily eclipsed in power and influence by the United States as World War II progressed.
The less said about Germany’s role in all this, of course, the better.
And then the European colonial empires inevitably dissolved.
So, Europe was going to be diminished compared to its glory days. Its current fecklessness, though, has indeed been a choice, born of strategic fantasy and economic incompetence.
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KEYWORDS: civilization; decline; declineisachoice; europe
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1 posted on 11/30/2025 10:24:18 AM PST by Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
Many regions of the world have seen great civilizations rise and then fall — The Middle East (the cradle of civilization), The Indus River valley, The Mongol Empire of the Steppes, the Yangtze River valley, The Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Empires. Greece. Rome. Renaissance Italy.
Some areas rise and fall and rise again. Some never really make a comeback.
Europe is over. Certainly won’t make a comeback in my lifetime. Given their poor resources and demographic turnover, I don’t think Europe will ever amount to anything again.
Which is why (in part) we never should have cared about Ukraine. It’s a European problem — which is to say: it just doesn’t matter.
To: Rummyfan
3 posted on 11/30/2025 12:36:43 PM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
To: Rummyfan
Europe is somewhat similar to America, the loons tend to be in the big cities. Get out into the countryside and the people are much more sensible.
4 posted on 11/30/2025 12:38:31 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Europe is the new Caliphate.
5 posted on 11/30/2025 12:47:17 PM PST by ChuckHam
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