#1 Fred, what we have here is a failure to communicate. Or maybe not. Do you think that the construction of the sentence (which you caught) was what they were trying to say?
I mean, we know that the Arabs don't get it (gov't of people, by and for) but is it possible the French don't really either? That their revoluccion was really just polemic? The reason why they are antagonistic with us is they don't really understand why, given our position, we aren't more hegemonistic? They know THEY would be, if in our place, still seeing themselves as a traditional colonial power (minus the power). They're more comfortable with Russia, with whom domination is second nature, something they "get". And maybe ALL of Europe is that way. They don't trust us, even after 3 WW wins (hey, works for me) mostly on THEIR behalf. Wasn't it odd they way they stood back and watched Kosovo and Bosnia, until we did something. Maybe our frustration with Europe is that we're preaching to an empty choir loft. |