Les Anglo-Américains; that's how the coalition is called over here.

What is fascinating is how much intertwined the global economy is.
You want to hurt French or German companies ? French companies in the US employ 500,000 americans in the US.
American companies use french components and vice-versa.
American companies have been implanted in Europe for generations.
American pension funds have lots of interest in the well being of french oil companies.

There just was a debate on BBC World and a representative of Slovenia daid that NATO was a more seducing short term international western organization to join (although it never was used during the cold war era).
But the EU, in the long term, is indispensable because it's about our every day life, our well being and besides, it's a peaceful construction.

Raoul