Even economic growth will not prevent a tradeoff between defense and welfare spending for Europeans. Fifty years of defense dependence on the US has created a powerful “peace industry” in Europe whose primary business is to fight defense spending tooth and nail.
即使经济增长也不会为欧洲人阻止在国防和福利开支两者之间做出取舍。防务五十年来一直依赖美国，在欧洲形成了强大的“和平产业”，其主要业务就是竭尽全力与国防开支作斗争。它们想要保护所有的社会开支，而无论其对外交政策的后果。