At the same time, they will undermine their own international influence, allow others to play off Europe against America, destroying as well what chance remains for rebuilding the West with a reformed America. European leaders, even when they are unhappy over US positions, therefore need to combine forceful support for the transatlantic community of interests with discrete, if firm lobbying in Washington not to strain it to the breaking point.
这样的机制已不再起作用。如果现在欧洲各国政府按照民众频繁的要求疏远美国， 会和美国对立起来，使美国进一步衰落。同时，他们也会削弱自身的国际影响力，使其他势力在欧美的争斗中渔翁得利，还会断送通过改革后的美国重建西方社会的最后机会。因此，欧洲的领导人即便对美国不满，也应该联合起来，给予这个跨大西洋利益团体审慎的支持，如通过在华盛顿进行强大的游说攻势，告诉美国物极必反的道理。