It is Not Only Bush Who Was the Wrong Guy

J. Fritz-Vannahme, trans. J. Jacobson in World Meets Us | June 20, 2008

Most people overlook that it was not one man alone who widened the gap between the two sides of the Atlantic, and that the bogeyman Bush often either approved or facilitated Europe's own decisions. ++ The dramatic transformation of the United States has been more accompanied by Bush than promoted by him. ++ With or without Bush, transatlantic relations would necessarily have shaped America's worldview far less than in the past. ++ European self-satisfaction because of non participation in Iraq is of little help.