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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (72578)	2/9/2003 6:16:18 AM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I am beginning to see a real problem here. Either the Europeans or we American's are setting up something very big and one side or the other is going to suffer. The growing hostilities between those on either side of the Atlantic are causing what I believe is a backlash. Americans, like me, are actually looking at labels and deciding not to buy European products, especially those from France, Germany, and if they make anything Belgium. From others I perceive the same is happening on the other side of the Atlantic. My feeling is that while the US was less likely to do this in the past, things have changed. Not only has there been 9/11, but many Americans feel a sense of outrage that even though America saved the French numerous times, and righted the German ship after WWII and protected it from Soviet agression these European nations are acting very petty. Also the US has grown far less European in nature, we are more Asian, more Latin, more racially diverse than our Atlantic 'partners'. What does all this mean. Well Europe may be in for some very, very rough economic times. If this America which is much less focused on its European roots, than ever, decides to curtail doing business (or reduce it) with France and the Reich, may we see even higher unemployment rates there, and problems for 'old Europe'. I believe yes, and with it I see a potential collapse of the EU, the Euro, and a depressed Europe aka Japan for decades. The question is whether we in the US will be 'insulated' from these effects or not. I am beginning to see that our world will focus ever more rapidly on Asia, South and Latin America, and Eastern Europe. The role for the African continent is unknown, however, I fear that they will suffer harshly from tangential effects of their association with Europe (especially the 'old Europe').