[nathanbedford]

Alas, I fear you are correct. As someone who lives in Germany, I clearly gather no comfort from the prospect.

The central facts in understanding European lack of enthusiasm for the war against terror, its antipathy toward America, its near unanimous opposition to the war in Iraq and its visceral hatred of George Bush are:

1. A belief that America was attacked essentially for its support of Israel which is misplaced and obsessive because of domestic political lobbies.

2. That Europe is not a target.

3. That the notion that terrorists would strike with weapons of mass destruction is so fanciful that it need not be considered seriously or even considered at all -and it is not commonly considered.

[Jim Noble]

A belief that America was attacked essentially for its support of Israel which is misplaced and obsessive because of domestic political lobbies

Suppose that is entirely true-it has just enough truth in it to keep it going-it does not explain the eurofascination with the "Palestinians".

I mean, why do they care about their little "Palestinians" AT ALL-never mind why SO MUCH?

They don't care about the Serbs. They don't care about the Kurds. They don't care about the Tamils. They don't care about the Papuans. They don't care about the Sudanese. They don't care about the Congolese.

What is it (other than their desire to wipe out the Jews) that makes the so-called Palestinians such a huge and obsessive object of European concern?