I quote Hanson
The harpies shrieked that Saddam's petrofueled barbarity was not connected with al Qaeda or even the larger wave of Islamic terrorism — as if, say, Aryan Nazis could not have had anti-democratic alliances of convenience with Asian imperialists in Japan; as if the first World Trade Center bombing, the North Africa killings, the career of Zarqawi, and the al Qaedists in Kurdistan were either nonexistent or irrelevant.
In response, George Bush maintained that Islamic fascism is global, fed by self-induced failures of Middle East autocrats, who hand-in-glove with terrorists diverted the frustration of the Arab Street against America — a hyperpower that is not, pace bin Laden, libertine Sweden but rather their worst nightmare. Autocracy is their illness, and democracy, not American apologies, is their cure.
Your assumptions about a strong Euro are somewhat wrong, as a strong Euro vs. the $$$ isn't neccessarily a good thing for the Union countries.
Why? Because a weak dollar hurts the European export economy, i.e. it makes their exports shipped to the States more expensive vs. domestically manufactured products, hence they lose market share over here. This is a good thing for U.S. companies.
Also, U.S. exports to Euro countries are cheaper(before the tariffs are tagged on), building market share overseas (due to the weaker dollar vs. Euro), however profit margins will be down for the domestic(U.S.) manufactured goods.