Re: US-Europe Fracture?

In a message dated 2/8/2003 1:34:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, boles@svsu.edu 
writes:

> I must admit that if, per the NYT article below, the report in Der
> Spiegel weekly "that France and Germany were considering a plan to
> deploy thousands of United Nations peacekeepers and hundreds more
> weapons inspectors to prevent military conflict in Iraq," comes to be,
> then a really historical political fracture with the US would be
> difficult to avoid (and Wallerstein's anticipation of that 
> rupture some
> 20 years ago would make him an undisputed visionary).

Wouldn't that be sweet?  I'm not holding my breath.  Still, it should be noted 
that there are (hundreds? thousands?) of European peace activists in Iraq on 
their own volition.  This could be an interesting tactic that might deepen in 
the future.

Steven Sherman