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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5171)	3/15/2003 10:20:52 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15991

...As we begin our descent into the Kondratieff Winter (or, into an even deeper Elliott Winter) it is interesting to observe how theories begin to fill in with “meat”. Each player takes steps which are fully realistically dictated by their interests and needs, but the net result will be increasing isolationism and tension. financialsense.com (The chart on the left is interesting) Indeed, having faced the fact that they are no longer such major powers will not be lost on France and Germany. For a long time they relied in large part on America for their defense – and there is no such thing as free lunch. I would be very surprised if a country like Germany would not proceed to increase their military spending in the years to come. Stratfor published an interesting little theory about what many Europeans think about France’s and Germany’s growing claim to dominance, and how it relates to their attitudes towards America: Message 18702823