I think resisting pressure to become America's followers is sound advice. There is no guarantee that the US will always be Europe's friend or that even as friends their support will be reliable and vice versa. What would happen if the interests of the US came into conflict with those of Europe? Allies and co-conspirators by all means but followers implies a degree of subservience. We should always sup with a longer spoon with any state that may not always have our best interests at heart,