Assuming this has a kernel of truth and I, for one, suspect it does; the question becomes: What are these ad-hoc justifications trying to prevent? Money is a sign of Poverty - Culture Saying
What are these ad-hoc justifications trying to prevent?
a new frame? one that says we need NATO like a hole in the head?
one that acknowledges the interactivity of europe with the new russia, where people travel freely and we enjoy each others' cultural heritage?
a far cry from the kruschev days, when russia was pretty evil.
and yes we are grateful, but we don't need a crutch anymore, we can walk now, and our way of doing business with the rest of the world is a lot less pushy and outright belligerent than 'captain' america's.
in a thread full of good observations, Jerome's rings the truest, imo, that the EU countries are props for the mighty will of america, to make it seem less unilteral, the rest is just hogwash spin. ~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.
