One point: Europe’s internecine war(s) have arguably (despite the “EU,” weakened the continent as a whole. It certainly drained vast quantities of blood and efforts in the first half of the last century which are not being replaced internally, but rather through immigration of almost entirely Muslims.
The USA had it’s singular internecine war (the Civil War) which unlike Europe actually “solved many problems” despite the horrendous cost on the battlefield. It arguably made the country stronger, not weaker. And while our “internal” birthrate is only marginally above the “replacement rate” we continue to attract not just poor Hispanics, but as always, the best and the brightest from around the world. This last, and in my opinion, important point, cannot be said for any country of Europe. If anything, their best minds continue to leave — although clearly at nowhere near the rate of the 1930′s.
Just a point of distinction between two continents that make up the “West.” South America is at the least not economically sinking in an uncontrollable fashion anymore, although there clearly is much work to be done there. And Canada continue to be a steady and important addition to the stable West as does Australia.
