Militaryies? What do you know about militaries. The US is more than capable of defeating conventionally the entire combined military forces of the rest of the world if the British and British Commonwealth states stay neutral. Britain (commonwealth countries included here), Israel and possibly japan are the only two countries that even come close to developing the quality of US equipment and troops. Can we exert control over all those populations, no, could we defeat them in a stand up fight, no problem at all, just might take a bit of time.
EU is not the most political or economically influential. If given a choice between the EU and the US in a trade war, there would be very few who followed the EU. And military force = Political influence when all is said and done.
BTW, in Afghanistan, it was the French, who retreated in the face of odds faced regularly by US and the British forces that allowed the insurgents to get such a strong foot hold in Afghanistan today. The only problem defeating French troops is where to put and how to feed all the surrender monkies.
I probably know more about militaries than you do -- and not just because I can see you know little at all from your post.
Britain and the British Commonwealth, including India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and half of Africa staying neutral is, firstly, a huge, huge condition for victory.
Secondly, you're full of ****. The US spends a lot on its military, but the idea that it could defeat the rest of the world in a conventional fight is utter ludicrous -- mere population would disagree. Secondly, you might note that for all the US's military might, it has failed time and time again to defeat smaller, poorer countries ranging from the Middle East to Asia to Europe.
French and British troops are amongst the most highly trained in the world, and the French Foreign Legion is unequivocally and absolutely one of the most effective military tools in the world today -- interventions across Asia and Africa that have been quick, successful and well-executed, where American troops have been bogged down, are par for the course for the Legion.
I would also like a single source that says that the French military fleeing in Afghanistan resulted in Taliban control -- because that's pure and blatant bull****. Some uneducated Americans like to propagate this 'French surrender monkey' (spelled monkey, not monkie, by the way) myth, but I challenge you to open your eyes and look at the facts:
French troops since the turn of the millennia have been in: Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Guyana, Djibouti, the Central African Republic, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Chad and Somalia. American troops have undertaken operations in: Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia.
That's funny -- it looks like the French list was a lot longer! How bizarre, everyone knows the French never engage in military operations, being of course cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
Or maybe that title should go to the Americans?
As for the EU -- it is the largest economy in the world. There is no debate. Its GDP, GNP and PPP are all higher than that of the United States, and, as I mentioned, it is the world's largest aid donor, humanitarian developer, normative power and international arbiter.
It is also the largest collection of G8 states, and it holds two seats on the UN Security Council to America's one. The EU is the largest and most powerful political bloc in the world.
In short, you are wrong, and bigoted. You believe that America is the best at everything purely because you were born there, but the facts do not hold up. Your place in the world is not where you think it is.