All these weaselly western European states (and Canada, too) like to think they're sooo superior to the U.S. because they favor the use of "soft power" (economic sanctions, promises of future cooperation) to "hard power" (backed by military force). But they don't realize that there is no "soft power" without "hard power". You think that rogue states like Iran, North Korea, Syria, or even Serbia fear any threats that the western Eurosocialists might make? Hah! The western EUnuchs don't have anything to back any threats they may make. As Al Capone once said, "You can accomplish more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word."

"Only the man behind the rifle has free will." - W.H. Auden

What's rediculous is that they often times don't even implement or adhere to the "soft power."  Bleeding heart types don't even follow through on sanctions, so they reduce their "soft power" to no power.