Brain Fertilizer

protectionist demagoguery — outsourcing, Benedict Arnold CEOs, etc. — rattles foreign governments far more than the war does. If it's a choice between Democratic-party trade barriers or the lunatic Texan overthrowing some tinpot dictatorship once a year, the Europeans will go with the latter.

From the NRO, but it's just an intro to an online article that you need to subscribe to gain access.