Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US

[Frank T. Pohlmann]

>   You're not going to like hearing this, but a
> widespread perception in 
> the US is that Europe wants to both not spend the
> money to be relevant, 
> while retaining veto power on US actions. 

Nobody has veto power on US actions. I find it
interesting that the US media still believe that this
European-American divide is about telling the US what
to do. How quaint.

That's not
> going to happen. 
> If Europe wants to be consulted, they'll have to
> spend the money. 

They do. They prefer, however, to spend it on projects
not necessarily connected to bombers, tanks and
shooting unarmed civilians. I apologize on behalf on
all Europeans that we are actually trying to use
different means. So sorry.

In 
> the debates I see in Foreign Affairs, the pro-Europe
> faction is getting 
> increasingly frustrated because more and more, when
> Europe shows up, it 
> doesn't make any difference.

Nobody makes any difference to the US. The whole world
is frustrated with the US. Europe is just one part of
a very pissed-off world.

-frank


        
        
                
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