Comment by quickthrowman
2 days ago
> Europe has more or less managed to avoid descending into a mass war for almost a century now, if we assume the one brewing now is just a mirage, so basically they've got it all figured out and their smugness is totally justified.
Europe hasn’t descended into total war since WWII because the US has military bases all over Europe, mostly in Germany.
The common sentiment is that it's because of deepening cooperation because of ECSC, which was one of its explicit purposes. Not US military bases.