Such purple prose I've not read in some time. But I'm writing to point out only one of the many outdated notions presented by Mr. Greenberg in his editorial: It was the Europe before the the formation of the EU that nearly destroyed itself in World Wars I and II. The EU is a post-WWII configuration, one that put a stop to all that. But then perhaps he knows that, and is trying to win over those with less of an historical education to his side.