Why do European efforts to create an independent security force not threaten the maintenance of the Community, in Jervis's view?

a. The purpose of the European force is not to fight the United States.
b. The Europeans are insufficiently coherent as a bloc to create a functional security force.
c. The United States will be an active participant in the command structure of the new European force.
d. No European force will ever be powerful enough to challenge the military power of the United States.
e. European countries will never be willing to pay the costs necessary to create a security force that can challenge the United States.

Answer: a