[No.6]

"do we want to be vassals of the United States, do we want to be a 51st state?"

Or, Brits, wouldn't you prefer to be vassals of France and Germany, do you want to be part of the 4th Reich? :p

I can't put my finger exactly on the moment when France decided that it was more fun to define itself as reflexively anti-US, but they're being nuts. The opinion seems to be that Islamism would be cuddly and cute if only they could ally with Islamists against the US.

"But we cannot have a Europe where one part goes to war in Iraq, another part does not, and we all end up paying the bill."

Why don't they just say it right out. "We must join with Sauron." :D

[curmudgeonII]

I can't put my finger exactly on the moment when France decided that it was more fun to define itself as reflexively anti-US, but they're being nuts. The opinion seems to be that Islamism would be cuddly and cute if only they could ally with Islamists against the US.

The moment was just as soon as we kicked the krauts out in Workd War II.