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In response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, German chancellor Gerhard Schroder promised "unlimited solidarity" with the United States. A year later, he won a second term by pledging to German voters his unconditional refusal to cooperate with America's war against terrorism.
When the World Trade towers crumbled, France's Le Monde proclaimed in a banner headline, "We are all Americans." On the anniversary, the author of those words--French commentator Jean-Marie Colombani--offered a revision: "We have all become anti-Americans."
The moment at which Europe's solidarity with the United States evaporated came just four months after September 11, when ...