U.S. foreign policy is destroying Europe.

 ENDLESS WAR, REFUGEE INVASION, CULTURAL DESTRUCTION AND ECONOMIC RUIN

DISMAL FUTURE FOR WESTERN EUROPE

The last 3 decades of United States intervention in the affairs of other countries has been a disaster, primarily for Europe and of course, the middle east. 

This new foreign policy began with the first invasion of Iraq over the Iraq/Kuwait crisis that can be proved that Saddam Hussein was baited by the United States into believing that the United States would not get involved in territorial disputes in the middle east. Saddam took the bait, and thus began the game of domino's that is still going on today.

The ensuing series of actions and reactions has led to the destruction of the stability in most of the middle east region and the resulting exodus of refugees into Europe. The disintegration of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Libya has fueled this exodus that is still going on today. The European Union's policy for refugees has of course contributed to is destabilization, but it would have never happened without the destruction of the stability in those countries. It is leading to the cultural, social and economic instability of western Europe.

Then the culmination of the United States interventions was the desire to expand NATO to Ukraine and Georgia, an act that was acknowledged would lead to a response by Russia. As predicted and hoped for, Russia did respond, and the plan was to devastate the economy of Russia and lead to an overthrow of that government. Sadly, it appear that western Europe and of course Ukraine have been the biggest losers. Ukraine has basically lost its chance to be an independent and prosperous country and western Europe, if it does not take drastic action, soon will descend into a third world region, with chaos and instability for decades.

The integration of the economies of western Europe and the resources of the Russian federation were the perfect recipe for prosperity for both those systems. It was a very sound mutually beneficial arrangement. It now appears that cooperation may very well be ended permanently and western Europe, having jettisoned all it reliance on fossil fuels, is now without the energy needed to be a prosperous society.  Without prosperity, unrest surely follows and now with a population of divided loyalties and cultural conflict, it will likely be an impossible task to preserve a stable social environment.

The Ukraine conflict has mostly run its course, it will be a smaller country at best, without much of its industrial base. It will be dependent on aid from the west for decades. That is of course if the masters of this conflict can face reality and not continue to escalate until Ukraine is no longer even a country. Western Europe's bleeding will continue as long as this war continues.

Russia which had a small military, with sophisticated major weapons, has been transformed by necessity into large modern sophisticated and capable military. While it does not seem to be intent on territorial expansion, it is not likely to be intimidated by western threats. It appears to have accepted its divorce from western economies and have been able to find others willing to do business. It is time for real diplomacy, something that seems to be lacking in most western countries.  

None of these problems will go away without decisive and prudent action. so far, we have seen none of that, just double down on the present course, without a thought, without a plan B.