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To: chomolungma who wrote (69691)4/11/2003 10:59:19 AM
From: zonder  Respond to of 70976
 
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To: chomolungma who wrote (69691)4/11/2003 11:03:41 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 70976
 
> Or concerns that Europe's influence was waning and America's was rising

This runs both ways Cho. I know of several officials who are concerned with EU becoming a counter force to US and wishing (working) to diminish it. I could consider this fear and paranoia, especially when US is so much stronger and I don't really see how EU can work the way they think it will for many years.

I'd say paranoia is something that is going around quite a lot these days and it is being very contagious. A world that believes in law and order is one in which people do not see the need to arm themselves to teeth. This could have been (and still should be) our greatest contribution to world peace.



To: chomolungma who wrote (69691)4/11/2003 11:08:23 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
concerns that Europe's influence was waning and America's was rising
I think European influence had pretty much peaked in 1914, and there aren't many who hark back to those days here... don't instinctively attribute the worst motives to others, it speaks more about you than about them.