In the case of people like Aznar and Blair it is clear that they decided to sell out their countries to get themselves into the US lecture circuit. Maybe the same can be said of Klaus. So, apart from the UK where this sort of intermarriage with the US establishment probably has been going on for many decades, I think in countries like Spain and the Czech Republic there is an emerging class which does want to be closely tied to the US establishment.
For some reason I think people like Merkel are sincerely Atlanticist: they seem to be really unable to imagine US interests differing from European interests, so I would put the German elite in a different category. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
I think that in-bred is the proper word to describe it. Don't forget that the before British elites emulated America, American elites emulated Britain. Same assholes, different flag. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
