The Wussification of Europe

Not all of Europe mind you. The British and the Danish are stand outs in not being wusses (and under Sarkozy France is starting to show some more muscle: talking about rejoining NATO's command structure and sending more troops to Afghanistan). I am glad the US is making up the short fall for troops in Afghanistan. But come on... This is ridiculious that the US and the non-wusses have to keep pumping more personnel and money into Afghanistan in an effort that at it's inception was EMBRACED by NATO!!!! How can our European allies expect the US to use them to engage multilaterally with them in confronting threats if they can not even get on board for a conflict they WILLINGLY became a party to! Ludicrous. NATO is becoming a two tiered system. It needs to keep expanding to maintain enough forces to remain relevant.

In other wussification news: this. Is nothing heinous enough in European eyes to justify life without parole as a punishment? Once this takes a hold will the EU begin to criticize everyone other country that still sees fit to condemn certain acts by life in prison much like the EU condemns countries that still embrace the death penalty? EU prisons must be geared more towards then rehab then, because that's the only reason I could possibly see for removing life without parole as an option. Life with extensive therapy and occupational training and educational opportunities with parole an option if the inmate shows enough progress. But the article seems to suggest that even allowing a parole board to review an inmate, because they might not grant them parole, is cruel and unusual! Europe is a crazy place!

UPDATE:
Dorf on sentencing differences between the US and EU.