Europe, given its current divisions and the growing gap between its northern and southern economies, still needs America. In security terms, Europe would be quite lonely without the US, whatever the nature of the threat.
因此美国需要欧洲，但这种需要无关紧要。而陷入分裂、南北经济差距越来越大的欧洲仍然需要美国。从安全角度看，没有美国的欧洲将相当孤立，不管对何种性质的威胁来说都是如此。