Monday, June 7, 2004
An Egyptian blogger makes a good point on the relationship between the US and Europe.
Hello From the land of the Pharaohs Egypt: D-Day, What D-Day?
The lavish celebrations looked like a huge fake show with those heads of states playing the roles. Only those brave veterans were the true thing today. It is time for Americans to divorce the idea that they are one and united with Europe because of their so-called shares values. Politicians want us to believe that shared values make friends. That is far from the truth. Friendship is only created out of shared enemies.
60 years ago, America and Europe shared a single enemy called Nazism and Fascism. They got together and defeated this enemy. After 1945, they found another enemy: the Soviet Union’s communism. America and the terribly weakened Europe stood one more time beside each other to bring the Berlin Wall down. Today there is no such common enemy.
I hear someone asking “hey what about terrorism?” Sorry, Europeans do not consider Islamist terrorism as their main enemy. 911 was hatched up in Europe which is still a safe haven to the world’s most dangerous men. If a European country was attacked, it will be because of its support for US. Does Madrid ring a bell? You’ll always find code red alerts in Britain and Italy. Nevertheless, it is true that western civilization as a whole and certain Arab/Muslim regimes are the prime targets of terrorists, however it is quite apparent that they are currently singling out the US since it is currently the leader of the Western world...
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