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To: GST who wrote (107077)	7/22/2003 1:36:29 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes, the column wasn't bad. It's two halves of a coin; the Europeans see the Americans trying to drag them in a foreign policy direction with which they don't agree; the Americans see the Europeans trying to exercise a veto on the sovereign rights of American self-defense, because they're European and 'know better'. The two sides will probably have to agree to disagree for a while. If the Europeans do seriously begin to take their policies in a rival direction, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, as it might lessen the unhealthy dependence of Europe on America for defense. The problem with the situation is that Europe "feels" older, wiser and independent of America, but in terms of capabilities it is no such thing. There, it's more like a teenager demanding to be treated as an adult while living under dad's roof. Of course, the only European rival direction we have seen so far is the one decided upon by France, for France, the appeasement-r-us route. I think this is a pretty disastrous policy direction. Fortunately, the other countries won't be able to stomach Chirac, not even Germany. As for Poland, how do you say fuggedaboudit in Polish? Thanks for the compliment, btw.