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Further friction was possible over the Middle East peace talks. The Europeans regard Carter as paralyzed on this issue for fear of alienating American Jewish voters. The allied leaders thus were in no mood to listen to criticism from him for their joint statement urging that the Palestine Liberation Organization be "associated" with any peace settlement. Said a Bonn aide on the eve of the summit: "If he starts finger wagging, we will blast back. We will tell him he had better get moving himself on the Middle East...
...principal allies is one essential fact that many Americans have difficulty either believing or accepting. This fact is that the world's perception of the U.S.-and particularly Europe's perception-has changed substantially in the past few years. Among Americans, it is still commonplace to regard the U.S. as the world's foremost power, economically, militarily and in almost every other way. Among Western Europeans, however, the view is quite different. As the highly respected French political scientist Raymond Aron sums it up, "The U.S. is no longer...
Washington similarly blames the Europeans for not giving stronger support on Iran, but many Europeans regard the botched raid on Tehran as symbolic of U.S. decline. Says Jean-Francois Revel, editor of L 'Express and long an admirer of the U.S.: "We Europeans, along with the rest of the world, heard the bell of U.S. military supremacy toll in Iran...
...point is not that Europeans may be richer than Americans but that they are reluctant to follow what they regard as a faltering U.S. leadership. Instead, they are impressed by the U.S. unwillingness or inability to curb its wasteful energy consumption and 'to defend its shrinking currency. "The Americans view the future with less hope than at any time since World War II, and they have every reason for their skepticism," says Dieter Buhl, who writes on U.S. affairs for Hamburg's influential Die Zeit. "Galloping inflation and record interest rates undermine their standard of living, which...
...were talking about millions of them, living comfortably in the U.S., taking advantage of our services, and paying little, if any, taxes.... Foreign espionage agents also enjoy the freedom of our turnstile border...New Mexico is officially bilingual... 'A low regard for life is part of Mexican culture, so when an illegal comes north, that culture usually travels with him'... 'The country is being overwhelmed, with no effort being made to stop it. But I think a change in the national attitude could correct...