Who needs Whom (more)?

The new anti-American government in Spain is supposedly quite popular. See here.

When anti-Americanism is brought up in the press, it is always presented as a problem for the US and something that the Bush administration should have handled better. Maybe so. But isn't this a far bigger problem for Europe? Simply put, if two peoples are drifting apart, wouldn't you rather be the one with the military? Or the one not on the border of a hostile force?

Reasonable people can disagree regarding the necessity or wisdom of invading Iraq. But reasonable people can't believe that no country ever needs invading. For instance, suppose in ten years, a north African Islamic country shelters terrorists that decide to initiate a long term suicide bombing campaign in Spain in order to recover Andalusia? Will Spain be able to invade to stop the sheltering of the terrorists? If the current trends keep up, Spain will be unable to invade any other country and have no friends who can do it either. Not a great position, if you ask me. (And, of course, you didn't).