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Anti-Americanism rising in Europe
By Glenn Frankel
THE WASHINGTON POST
LONDON, Feb. 11 — It can be emotional, spontaneous and contradictory. It has no leader, no platform and no ideology. It varies from country to country in its roots and its manifestations. It doesn’t even have an accepted name: Those most strongly identified with it indignantly deny they advocate or practice it.
STILL, ANTI-AMERICANISM, West European-style, is widespread, rising and migrating from its traditional home among left-wing intellectuals, academics and café society to the political mainstream, according to analysts, critics and public opinion polls. Countries such as France, Germany and Britain, which for more than five decades have been the closest allies of the United States, are beginning to drift away, propelled by a popular wave of concern, alarm and resentment. The immediate focus might be U.S. policy toward Iraq, but the larger emerging theme is an abiding sense of fear and loathing of American power, policies and motives.
Poor George...I don't remember it being like this when Clinton and all those before him were around...
Source:
MSNBC NEWS
ppman
By Glenn Frankel
THE WASHINGTON POST
LONDON, Feb. 11 — It can be emotional, spontaneous and contradictory. It has no leader, no platform and no ideology. It varies from country to country in its roots and its manifestations. It doesn’t even have an accepted name: Those most strongly identified with it indignantly deny they advocate or practice it.
STILL, ANTI-AMERICANISM, West European-style, is widespread, rising and migrating from its traditional home among left-wing intellectuals, academics and café society to the political mainstream, according to analysts, critics and public opinion polls. Countries such as France, Germany and Britain, which for more than five decades have been the closest allies of the United States, are beginning to drift away, propelled by a popular wave of concern, alarm and resentment. The immediate focus might be U.S. policy toward Iraq, but the larger emerging theme is an abiding sense of fear and loathing of American power, policies and motives.
Poor George...I don't remember it being like this when Clinton and all those before him were around...
Source:
MSNBC NEWS
ppman
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