'allies' (Polls show Europe's support)
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.....Kessler missed the results of a poll released earlier this week, from the German Marshall Fund, on European attitudes toward US foreign policy. In a survey of 6,001 Europeans from Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands, the GMF found that only 25% of respondents are flatly opposed to an invasion of Iraq. By contrast, 60% favored war, provided the US secure acquiescence from allies and the United Nations, while 65% believe that international terrorism is the greatest threat to their national interests.
"Despite recent press reports of rising anti-Americanism in Europe and an impending trans-Atlantic split," wrote the poll's authors, "at the public level, Europeans are in broad agreement when it comes to the war on terrorism, Iraq, and a host of other international issues."
In Kessler's defense, publication of the polls results arrived a couple of days after his story, so he cannot be blamed for ignoring it. Yet nowhere in Kessler's story is the German Marshall Fund mentioned, a strange omission given the central role it plays in trans-Atlantic relations. More importantly, Kessler plainly failed to capture important aspects of European attitudes that should have been evident even without prior knowledge of the poll's results. As a result, his article, carefully sourced as it was, offers at best an incomplete picture of European views.
Very good article, imho, showing the European public's support in the U.S.'s coming war against Iraq and in exposing media biased opposing it.
Thanks for the post, Ragtime Cowgirl ! 
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