Mike:

I don't quite understand your point 3.

I think we could do quite a lot without the EU and with only some NATO members, Poland, the Czechs, the Baltic countries and maybe some others who were occupied by the Red friends. They understand very wel what all this means.

If the EU and NATO as a whole get their act together, great; but we can do a whole lot of things in the meantime or without them altogether.

Of course, no matter what fine courses of action we can come up with, the final say is had by Mr. & Mrs. Obama, Valerie Jarret and their pulsilaminous but very concerned crew.

They used to say God took care of drunks and the United States. Maybe he hasn't run out of patience with drunks.