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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2149)	7/4/2001 4:22:45 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Re: The EU Commissioner of Competition, that guy Monti, is making noises about going after Microsoft now. Don't worry... Monti's gonna drop the MSFT case pronto! The reason is obvious: the so-called monopoly that Microsoft enjoys in the OS/Desktop software is a cover story that has concealed the real purpose behind the anti-trust lawsuit against the company. As I said, Microsoft's foray into the media-contents turf was the last straw for Eisner, Levine, Sulzberger and gang... But Microsoft's stake in European mass-media is quite negligible so far --hence there's no reason for the European bureaucracy to put the squeeze on Microsoft. Europe's media landscape is safely carved up between Bertlesmann, Leo Kirch, Murdoch, Vivendi-Bronfman, and Berlusconi --and they won't let Citizen Gates get a toehold in it. google.com

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2149)	7/4/2001 4:50:18 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Re: Forget Russia and China, our enemy is the EU! Right on! However, as I said, the first "casualties" of the widening US/EU rift will be European minorities since it's basically an ideological tug-of-war and, for the time being, transatlantic economics should preclude any all-out war breaking out between Europe and the US. If anything, Africa might turn out to be the soft underbelly of the transatlantic alliance, especially sub-saharan Africa. France, through its "Belgian deputy", will lobby for a stronger EU commitment towards Africa (Belgium has already stated that Central Africa will rank among its EU presidency's top priorities). Likewise, Secr. of State C. Powell will likely intensify US involvement in African matters --bottom line: Central Africa has surreptitiously drawn the US and the EU on a collision course... U.S. Reviews Its Training of African Peacekeepers Douglas Farah Washington Post Service Wednesday, July 4, 2001 Bush Team Is Divided Over the Extent of Military Aid iht.com I think the best move for Colin Powell to do right now is to back away from the Middle East quicksands and shift his time and energy to sub-saharan Africa --his political survival is at stake. Powell will reap immense political kudos from a pro-Africa agenda (let alone Prez Bush's popularity among African Americans), whereas the Middle East will slowly but surely undermine his stature...