[bowlofpetunias]

Methinks Europe is realizing that a) most of that defense and intelligence is aimed at enemies created by the US in the first place, and b) outsourcing defense to a nation that massively violates the civil rights of European citizens is about as appropriate as outsourcing protection to the mafia.

[cobrausn]

Yeah, violating the civil rights of Europeans should be done by European governments only - they all have similar spying programs in place, and have had them for a while now.

They are probably pretty concerned about the appearance of being concerned, however.

[skj]

By definition, Europeans do not have civil rights in the United States.