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it does not appear that the bushequation of diplomacy and crude military power is the only logic at work in the world. that iran chose to negociate with teh e.u. is interesting. that the e.u. reached an agreement with iran yesterday that bypassed the entire american logic of situation management is interesting.
i think you are underestimating the e.u.--but to consider the matter, you have to move away from the bushlogic and think about it this agreement as such. give it a try. you'll maybe see what i mean.
i think the americans should worry about the e.u. becoming a more important diplomatic partner for navigating situations like this than the u.s. is....while i do not know any more than you do how things will unfold in the longer run (and you do not know) it seems that this could well be what i said it was--the first index of the reconfiguration of diplomatic power relations in a post-american dominated global context.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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