Originally Posted by
Sfojimbo
Other than Britain under Tony Blair (and post war Germany), when has any European state been a "follower" of the US?
Also, this strikes me as a funny time to be spewing that message.
Not sure how thar is an answer,
The point was about resisting pressure to
become a US follower..
The verb implies a change from the status quo, You cannot
become what you already
are.
As you point out, Europe is not a US follower. No one has argued otherwise.