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To: TimF who wrote (142965)	2/27/2002 3:14:47 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574103

"American contributes a lot to defend Europe and our shared interests and we are not doing so as mercenaries" I think he is referring to buying American weapons and equipment.

To: TimF who wrote (142965)	2/28/2002 10:30:07 AM
From: Bert Herman	Respond to of 1574103

Tim, A lot of criticism on both sides of the atlantic is due to differences in culture and history. Americans always try to make things simple, Europeans tend to make thinks (unneccesary) complicated. I think sometimes simple is better, like in Kosovo. But sometimes it can't be solved with simple military solutions, like for instance the Palestina conflict. I'm pretty sure a lot of European criticism today about the American plans with Iraq, Iran and North-Korea is just screaming: It's not always that simple. I don't know anything about Iraq, except that they should have taken Bagdad 10 years ago, but I have some friends from Iran and somebody who runs a business there, and this country made a lot of progress the last ten years, and maybe it's a better idea to chose a non military aproach there. Like the author of the article, it is very difficult for most Americans to see European criticism in the right way, because you all are more used to a black-and-white vision. Americans tend to become very nervous when they hear one European politician declare something today and an other one exactly the opposite tomorow. For us, it's normal everyday politics. We become pretty nervous from western style military rethoric because we are affraid to be pulled in an adventure where we have zero point zero decision power. That's why you hear more and more voices today for a real integrated European army together with a more powerfull European government. And I'm pretty sure America don't like to see that happen, because they are affraid to lose a little bit of there dominant world position. Greetings, Bert