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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (26084)	1/24/2004 5:35:49 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793897

But the United States has played that role not by adopting Europe's postmodern worldview, but by seeing the world through its own eyes. Today most Europeans believe that the United States exaggerates the dangers in the world. After Sept. 11, most Americans fear that they haven't taken those dangers seriously enough. Herein lies the tragedy. To address today's global threats, Americans will need the legitimacy that Europe can provide. But Europeans may well fail to provide it. In their effort to constrain the superpower, they will lose sight of the mounting dangers in the world. In their nervousness about unipolarity, they may forget the dangers of a multipolarity in which nonliberal and nondemocratic powers come to outweigh Europe in the global competition Meantime most Americans are asking, "What legitimacy would that be, exactly? Who defined Europe as legitimate? If we get the support of India, isn't that better than getting the support of France and Germany? India's a lot bigger."

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (26084)	1/25/2004 1:14:03 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793897

But could even America's closest friends ever be persuaded that an America always pursuing its self-interest could be relied upon to serve their interests, too, as some kind of "second-order effect"? Well, that's easy to answer. The entire history of US-Europe relations since WWII has been Europe benefitting from America acting in defense of its interests. As America acts to make the world safer for Americans, it makes the world safer for Europeans. I would think that self-evident. Derek