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EU VS. US
Power Diplomacy--Or Just Politics?
Talk about disdain. The very public flap between Europe and the United States over Iraq doesn't do justice to the word. When George Bush delivered his "axis of evil" speech to Congress, American diplomats were almost as jarred as the allies--so much so that Secretary of State Colin Powell had to instruct his striped-pants set not to undermine the president by trying to "take the edge off" his words. But then came the European reaction, this minister and that accusing Washington of being "simplistic" or "absolutist." Stateside squeamishness soon turned to annoyance, followed by a deep sense that enough was ...