The more I can do to increase the gap between the EU and US, the better. Living well is the best revenge and I want to live well at the expense of European jobs.
That IS the free-market way!
No. That is the way of greed and one-upmanship. We should want Europe to do well and hope that they straighten up and do better politically. We should not be about benefiting at their expense to spite them. That doesn't mean we lay down for them or put up with them either. If you're trying to make them see the light - so to speak - you don't do it by kicking the crap out of them. Europe, by and large, has been fed the same liberal line that the media here has been trying to shove down our throats for two generations. Europe hasn't had the benefit of a Fox News and a Rush Limbaugh et al. Try to keep some perspective. Our handling of the Iraq situation has been fed to the European public as a persecution in order to cover for the Corruption of the political leaders of that union by Iraq's now deposed leader. The press in europe is largely government owned. A government owned press is intended for the control of the people. And how do we think the people would react if they know that their politicians were being bribed to alienate them from America.. How cheaply can leaders be bought and freedoms and truth shunned. Not much different than the politicians in the US being bought off by Corporations to do their dirtywork while selling all us out in the name of 'higher profits' through the use of foriegn slaves while they export our jobs. Truth really ticks off those who stand to lose by it's outing. Thus the european press has dutifully made Europe hate us to cover for politicians so that they could profit off the enslavement, abuse and use of the Iraqi people. How would you have reacted differently in their shoes? Now that it's out, at least the Europeans are starting to wake up and do something about it. You guys just voted for two guys who both are dedicated to letting Corporate america crap on you and let them get by with not discussing the matter in full. And now the charade will continue so long as you do nothing. Who's the bunch of unwashed superior idiots here? Look in the mirror and ask yourself how you expect to be treated and treat them with the same dignity and respect. Then clean your own house.