WANT TO UNDERSTAND EUROPE AND W's TRIP?

The analyses of Mark Steyn and Victor Davis Hanson this Sunday explain the current situation of Europe and the United States as clearly as any I've read.

The money quotes:

Mark Steyn-re the EU Constitution: "Most of the so-called constitution isn't in the least bit constitutional. That's to say, it's not content, as the U.S. constitution is, to define the distribution and limitation of powers. Instead, it reads like a U.S. defense spending bill that's got porked up with a ton of miscellaneous expenditures for the "mohair subsidy" and other notorious Congressional boondoggles. President Ronald Reagan liked to say, "We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." If you want to know what it looks like the other way round, read Monsieur Giscard's constitution."

Victor Davis Hanson: "We keep assuming that Europeans are like Britain and Japan when in fact long ago they devolved more into a Switzerland and Sweden--friendly neutrals but no longer real allies. In the meantime, let us Americans keep much more quiet, wait, and watch--even as we carry a far bigger stick."

Read the articles for much more insight into our relationship and W's well done visit!

WORD FOR THE DAY: chary

HINT: "We should be chary of our relationship with Europe."