The Road Less Travelled

By Matt for the TIB Network:

My WMD Mailbag Correspondent must think I'd take offense to this one from the BBC. I don't. In fact, I endorse it. And I encourage all our European friends to examine this piece of clear thought. Especially this piece:

The fact is that Americans have long regarded Europeans as weak-willed, lily-livered, morally degenerate moaners, incapable of clear thinking or resolute action.

My point is that this tendency is accelerating.

The trend is accelerating because it is true.

I'm just saying...

9:55AM Update

With a tip of the hat to Glenn Reynolds, I present to you Mark Steyn who I think has some important words to add to this discussion:

But, in the broader sense vis-à-vis Europe, the administration is changing the tone precisely because it understands there can be no substance. And, if there's no substance that can be changed, what's to quarrel about? International relations are like ex-girlfriends: if you're still deluding yourself you can get her back, every encounter will perforce be fraught and turbulent; once you realise that's never gonna happen, you can meet for a quick decaf latte every six – make that 10 – months and do the whole hey-isn't-it-terrific-the-way-we're-able-to-be-such-great-friends routine because you couldn't care less. You can even make a few pleasant noises about her new romance (the so-called European Constitution) secure in the knowledge he's a total loser.

Heh. That about sums it up rather nicely.

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