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03-11-2003, 03:17 PM
Jewish World Review March 11, 2003 / 7 Adar II, 5763
Michael Ledeen
A Theory: What if there's method to the Franco-German madness?
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.c om | Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design, long-term design. Then look at the world again, and see if there's evidence of such a design.
Like everyone else, the French and the Germans saw that the defeat of the Soviet Empire projected the United States into the rare, almost unique position of a global hyperpower, a country so strong in every measurable element that no other nation could possibly resist its will. The "new Europe" had been designed to carve out a limited autonomy for the old continent, a balance-point between the Americans and the Soviets. But once the Soviets were gone, and the Red Army melted down, the European Union was reduced to a combination theme park and free-trade zone. Some foolish American professors and doltish politicians might say - and even believe - that henceforth "power" would be defined in economic terms, and that military power would no longer count. But cynical Europeans know better.
Link (http://jewishworldreview.co m/michael/ledeen.html)
Michael Ledeen
A Theory: What if there's method to the Franco-German madness?
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.c om | Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design, long-term design. Then look at the world again, and see if there's evidence of such a design.
Like everyone else, the French and the Germans saw that the defeat of the Soviet Empire projected the United States into the rare, almost unique position of a global hyperpower, a country so strong in every measurable element that no other nation could possibly resist its will. The "new Europe" had been designed to carve out a limited autonomy for the old continent, a balance-point between the Americans and the Soviets. But once the Soviets were gone, and the Red Army melted down, the European Union was reduced to a combination theme park and free-trade zone. Some foolish American professors and doltish politicians might say - and even believe - that henceforth "power" would be defined in economic terms, and that military power would no longer count. But cynical Europeans know better.
Link (http://jewishworldreview.co m/michael/ledeen.html)