--- Jean-Louis Couturier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since when is Jean Chrétien President of France? > Why do you expect the world to think better of > America > than America thinks of the world? > Do you really believe that America is selfless and > no > one else is? > > Jean-Louis Couturier
Jacques Chirac. It's been a long day. No. I think that arguing that France and Germany are selfless is, almost by definition, ridiculous - when have they _ever_ acted in such a way? If you say that about the US, it's at least possible. It has happened. It's not a constant, or even predominant, in American policy, but it happens every once in a while. The argument - made usually by the left, that France and Germany oppose us, therefore we are wrong, is absurd. The argument that we need "Europe" to support us when most of Europe _is_ supporting us (England, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and _all_ of Eastern Europe just for a start) is equally kind of ridiculous. In this particular case, we know exactly what "The Axis of Weasel" is motivated by. This is a largely internal power play by the French and German governments to secure their dominance of the EU and challenge America's global position before the countries of Eastern Europe - all of which are pro-American, since they remember who stood up for them in the Cold War and who was happy to sell them up the river - enter the Union and weaken Franco-German power. Or do you think it's a coincidence that they proposed this dual Presidency nonsense for the EU almost simultaneously? It's also worth pointing out that France in particular will get significant commercial benefits if Hussein remains in power, while Schroeder is at _25%_ in the polls and has, historically, attacked the United States any time he needed a quick boost. But all of these things are ignored. It is, in fact, possible to construct a coherent argument opposing the war in Ira __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
