From: Adam Flinton 

Gene McAloon wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:21:59 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote:
>
>
>>"Phil Payne"  wrote in message
>>news:40ED73BD.B69236DF{at}isham-research.com...
>>
>>>>From the US military's point of view, the damn Brits are
only in the way
>>
>>anyway.
>>
>>>Very true, but we lend the only international legitimacy the USA can lay
>>>claim to.
>>
>>In the arab world? I thought they were pissed at you?
>
>
> They are, although to a much lesser extent than towards the US.  The
legitimacy,
> alleged anyway, lies only with the Europeans and that doesn't begin to cut it
> because the Europeans have little but contempt for the Brits as
obstructionists
> on  EU unity and the much despised Anglo-American "third
way" of running a
> country, a way that engenders little but contempt in most of Europe.
>
Only in the Franco-German-Belgian bloc & they're now mostly reviled by
the majority of countries in the EU for their insane belief that they can
tell others what to do.

Adam

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