Maybe I'm missing something, but how can the Solanas and Annans of the world have a strategy which is served by this toothless carping?
t They are delusional. Their mothers told them they were important and they ACTUALLY believe it. Poor babies, they just don't understand us anymore. They want us to "move on" after some of their buddies(anyone who doesn't like the US) attacked us(9/11). They can't seem to grasp how "pissed" we are and how "determined" we are to prevent future attacks. They didn't "feel" it like we did, that's for sure.
1. Remind all the European populace that as Europeans, it is incumbent upon them to hate Americans, and
2.Try to suck up to the Muslim populations within the EU and abroad (do a search on 'the EUrabian alliance for further details)
That the EU elites hope to build a European consciousness to replace national identity is well-known. They are deliberately trying to build this EU patriotism on anti US sentiment. The need for the EU elites to placate the muslim population within the EU states is well-known as well . And from the early 1970s , the European nations have been trying to build an alliance with the Muslim countries for access to markets and oil. The price ? Mass muslim immigration to Europe, and being staunchly antiIsrael.
All the carping from France and other EU countries is done to exacerbate antiAmericanism at home, and to encourage Islamic countries to ally with the EU against the US. They don't expect to stop the US from doing anything re:Iraq or anywhere else ; they just want to keep anti US sentiment high .
I don't thinks so: it is just hard to accept that this is actually the best they could do. Disregarding for a moment the positions Chirac takes, have you noticed how unprofessional and even stupid he sounds when he speaks? Or to run up to Blair and, in the presence of a buch of other people, stick a finger in Blair's face and scream, "You were rude to me!" --- is that the best he can do as a politician and diplomat?
There answer is, yes, of course, but for an intelligent person it is hard to accept that this is the best the society can produce. I often tell my daughter that, when she reaches forty or so, she'll have to run for the office --- in self-defense.