no thanks.
worse, this is pre-modern carbon/industrial age thinking. we should take advantage of the opportunity to build a post-carbon economy and increase trade networks with south america, not turn into a factory to send tanks to neo-nazi germany.
what is underlying this kind of thinking is actually a desire to build an alliance with china, which europe may very well find itself in. while the americans are intelligently looking for detente in russia, the chinese are looking to steal europe, and the european elite has a lot to benefit from aligning with the chinese, especially if it expects china to win.
when the shit hits the fan and war breaks out with the chinese, and it is inevitable, the russians will be more reliable allies than the french, if they can be. the truth is that europe is the weakest link, as it is not in their self-interest to remain under the american jackboot, and it never has been.
europe is not our friend and we need to stop pretending that it is.