How is the argument that EU countries won't stand up to the US refuted by the desire of some politicians in the EU to create an EU army. As long as that army d

How is the argument that EU countries won't stand up to the US refuted by the desire of some politicians in the EU to create an EU army. As long as that army doesn't exist those EU countries still rely heavily on the US for security, and therefore the dynamic the GP is proposing might exist today.