Atlantic Union

[Brambila]

This is interesting as in one of my theories about the politics of the world I predicted that the western and some southern states would split from the eastern states, and the eastern half of the nation would unite with the European Union.

At any rate, I think that such a unity would be a huge mistake, as Europeans and Americans have completely different politics, and we would automatically become a very liberal nation. In addition, there'd be a lot of problems finding a leader of this nation who pleases all the ethnicities in Europe and the US. For instance, if we had a Spanish be president, the Basques would be angry; if we had a French as presidents, the Americans would be angry; etc. Hence, I believe that if such a unity happened, Europe and the United States would fall into a collapse, and the Soviet Union would take advantage of it. NATO would have been, comparatively, a good alternative.

[Brambila]

Though you made good points, I simply do not see how it would have been more effective. An NATO alliance is just as good- the western world allied against the Soviets.