Cracking Up

The inherent instabilities in the "alliance" known as the European Union are getting more pronounced. No surprise there; it was a ridiculous idea from the outset, doomed to ultimate failure before the first pen was set to paper. The EU is nothing more than an example of what happens when people fail to study history.

In the end, the European powers' agreement -- or lack thereof, more often -- means nothing. It'll be the Euro that sinks them. Rampant nationalization and the artificial inflation of the Euro currency by snapping up American debt like a fat chick at an all-night buffet will eventually sound the death-knell for the EU. The Japanese tried the same strategy several years ago and it nearly sank their economy.

Of course, there's the other possible route to their impending demise: taking in countries like Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, and the Ukraine. Hell, Kosovo isn't even a real country so much as a U.N.-sponsored trial ground for the perennial Balkan internecine warfare which ignited World War I. The EU may as well just skip the formality of adoption and go straight into another Pan-Eurasian war. It'll save time.