The word "weaklings" (Paragraph 2) most probably means ______.

A．The achievement of Lisbon's goals would precede the elimination of chaos.
B．The best way to help European firms may be to make it easier for them to fail.
C．It is high time that the rigid bankruptcy laws in the U. S. were radically changed.
D．Shutting a weak American company means ending up with a big chunk of assets.

A．to warm of the doom of a terrorist attack.
B．to criticize Americans' unilaterialism.
C．to call on Americans to defend freedom.
D．to show the primacy of US economy.