Energy Diversification

The New Energy Cold War: The Warsaw-Tehran Connection

Europe is the real mystery here. For a continent supposedly scarred by World War II, it seems oblivious to the Russian situation. Poland and the Baltics realize quite well that, as the author points out, only America has the determination and capability of defending democracies in Europe.

Many argue that Obama will have greater clout in Europe, but has shown no interest in using that prestige to get the Europeans to step up to defend themselves proactively.

After so much time and effort in building the "European Union", its surprising how quickly Europe is ready to define itself down, & let countries on the Eastern periphery fend for themselves.

This is quite serious - more serious than Iraq, in fact. Unfortunately neither Europeans nor Americans seem to agree on any of the lessons of the events leading to World War II. We are going to pay the price for the uncritical glorification of "multilateralism", as we eventually realize that Putin doesn't factor global disapproval (even if it existed) in to his plans.

A long range energy plan promoting natural gas, oil drilling, nuclear and solar power -- which would have an impact chronologically in the order I listed them -- would help America, Europe and the world resist the influence of the Russia - Iran - Venezuela axis. We seem to be moving very slowly in that direction. But quite frankly, as long as Western academics continue to ignore the need for reliable energy sources and a strong military alliance with Europe, we will become progressively more vulnerable.