>To which I have to say that I can well believe that US triumphalism
>did not last (indeed I think it is a prejudice of Euro-chauvinism
>that sees it much stronger than it is). But I am not so ready to
>believe that the US's 'stubborn unilateralism' is part of the
>problem. Bush walked all over Europe, which was incapable of doing
>anything about it. If he has problems, they are his own.
Part of his problem is that he thought the U.S. could do it all alone, and it's now rather obvious that it can't. The imperialism business has to be more collegial than the neocons want.
Doug