Power games.

[piece-itpete]

Then why can't they project better?

This article puts France at 5th or 6th:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_expenditures

If you add the % of the EU countries in the top 15 you get 11.5% vs the US's 36. Toss in another (unlikely) 10% for the balance of the EU and you still only get 21.5.

So let them complain, my take.

Pete