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Wed, Apr 4th 2007, 13:48

Joerg Wolf, Atlantic Community, Editor

The EU is a paper tiger. Only military power counts.

Fri, Apr 20th 2007, 16:26

Ulrich W. Speck, , Bronze Contributor (12)

It was Robert Cooper, Javier Solana's Director-General for Common Foreign and Security Policy, who told the world that Europe has to "talk softly and carry a big carot".

In other words, only carots do count, nobody needs the big stick anymore. I would say yes, as long as you deal with rabbits. Or lambs.

In Europe's postmodern world, there are only lambs and rabbits left. No more woolves out there. Kants utopia has come true, enfin!

If there weren't the US that are starting war after war. A culture of brutality (cf. school massacres and death penality). Brutal American capitalism is destroying peace and harmony, supported by the Pentagon. That's why there is so much resistance (Arab world, Iran, Venezuela etc.). Remove American (hard) power from the world, and the rabbits and lambs would live in eternal peace. In a harmonious league of nations.

If it only were true. The problem is that not everybody shares this worldview. Some people really like to act as woolves. They don't take carots. They simply like to eat rabbits and lambs.

Ultimately, the rabbits and lambs need a shepherd with a big stick. They know it. That's why they will only complain, but never seriously challenge the shephered.