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To: Atlantic Bridge
It is possible that Europe and America will lose each other since there is indeed no real foundation anymore. This is not only a problem between Germany and the US, this problem is between all western European nations and the US.

Perhaps not all. I do not think that Western Europe is nearly as monolithic in this as this statement presumes. But the current governments in Germany and France and Spain certainly seem to be.

I say this with sadness because I have the greatest respect for the civilization that gave us Goethe and Moliere and Cervantes, but I do not honestly believe that the rift is likely to be bridged. Western Europe has made its choice, and that is for comfort and senescence with an infuriating dollop of self-righteousness. I do not think it is widely appreciated in Europe how exquisitely disturbing this particular incident is - our media won't report it and European media certainly will not. And so it will fade in the public consciousness, and the rift will grow bit by bit silently, but it will grow.

279 posted on 12/22/2005 8:45:14 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
But the current governments in Germany and France and Spain certainly seem to be.

I was not speaking about the gouvernments, I was speaking about the common people. Among them you have a extremely critic view upon America. In countries like Italy or the UK (which are seen as staunch allies of the US) is the vast majority of the public absolutely not satisfied with the foreign policy of their leaders. Their emotional distance towards America is even bigger than the one of the Germans. The "Spanish reaction" can happen everywhere.

The danger of a complete break-away is not unrealistic.

280 posted on 12/22/2005 9:09:35 PM PST by Atlantic Bridge (O tempora! O mores!)
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