A Fiction Shattered by America's Aggression

[reprehensor]

By William Pfaff
The International Herald Tribune

Sunday 02 November 2003

The U.S. in the world

PORTO, Portugal - More than nine months into the Iraq crisis, meetings between West Europeans and Americans of goodwill remain strained nondialogues in which most of the American participants find it hard to admit that the catastrophic loss of America's reputation abroad has anything to do with them.

Such a meeting in this old port city last weekend produced the usual American citations of scandalous incidents of foreign anti-Americanism.

The German Marshall Fund statistics were circulated, showing that the gap between American and European attitudes is widening and that Europeans increasingly disapprove of America's position as the sole superpower.

The Americans' response is nearly always that there must have been some failure in communication. Perhaps the United States should "consult" more, they say.

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[bread_and_roses]

1. Very interesting

thanks for posting that.

[bemildred]

2. Of course its a PR problem.

Silly Yurpeans just don't know what is best for them.
It has nothing whatever to do with any policy failures,
there have been no policy failures, everything is just
peachy.

Let's hope they stick with this line, it will make it
easier to clean house next year.

[DulceDecorum]

3. It's all really nice

in the evening with the lights and the mixed drinks
But in the morning
There is the HANGOVER
and the carpet-tongue
and the throbbing head
and the oath that one will NEVER
go out with that person again.

America no longer has nothing to offer.
America is a millionaire - WITHOUT any money.
It's all over, bar the shouting.

[shepard]

4. It's all over, bar the shouting.

Ya'a'te'eh-Hello
If it is all over for this land of ours then what are we fighting for?There is nothing more precious than this place we call home.Just like a sick friend,we help them with everything we have.No friend it is not over,our nation will be returned to it place of honor.Ahe'ee Nehemah