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William Silvert, São Brás de Alportel, Portugal One line really struck me - "Washington, which knows that the world remains a dangerous place ..." - and its implication that Europe doesn't know this. Washington didn't even know that the world beyond its borders existed before 9/11. Then it suddenly discovered terrorism and leaped into the lead in fighting this threat. And who happily signed on? Britain, which had been fighting the IRA for ages and who had seen U.S. support for terrorism dry up (some Irish pubs in the U.S. even had IRA collection boxes); Spain, whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Speaks Back | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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