Yep. The world is a dirty place and money is at the heart of it. Money talks. In the US, in Europe, in the Middle East. I'm not sure what your point is. If you are trying to make the point that the US is the root of the problem, well, fine. You can certainly make that case and it will look like a good one taken in isolation. But making the case in isolation is the same as bending the truth. Because it is going on everywhere with everybody and for all of time. I'm not making excuses for the US, mind you, but to suggest that this is somehow one-sided (which you may not be doing, hopefully) is beyond naive.
And if it is true that the US is the great purveyor of evil, avarice and global violence then Europe is as complicit as anyone else in the world. Batman and Robin if you will. And if Europe or any part of it deems itself to be above that fray then they need to put their money where their mouth is and quit asking us to help them in their own struggles with Islam and even more so, quit expecting us to keep Putin out of Eastern Europe. Can you imagine what it costs the US to keep Putin at bay? Shoot, we could have all that wonderful socialized medicine that they have in Europe if we didn't have to keep Russia in its borders. But then the job would fall to Europe wouldn't it? And who would foot that bill? Yep. Germany. And that's what everyone wants. Germany, full of Islamic immigrants and rising nationalism, a giant military, trouble with its economy to pay for the military and no money left to support the crumbling economy of the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) who will be oh so helpful defending Europe from Russia.