tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post1628034242697017784..comments2023-10-28T12:01:47.929+00:00Comments on Edward Lucas: Fakt articleEdward Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-88907484840093378692009-10-13T05:30:09.469+00:002009-10-13T05:30:09.469+00:00"That is the easy conclusion to draw about Am..."That is the easy conclusion to draw about America’s treatment of what was until recently its strongest and most important European ally"<br /><br />Edward, are you talking Poland here? Give us a break!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219870920638914624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-9516843876754857172009-09-24T14:29:12.581+00:002009-09-24T14:29:12.581+00:00Mr Obama is the first president of the United Stat...<i>Mr Obama is the first president of the United States with no sentimental or family ties to Europe.</i><br /><br />To be fair, around half of Mr. Obama's family originates in the UK and Ireland. He is related to several US presidents -- Madison, Johnson, Truman, Ford, and both Bushes.<br /><br />I am also (distantly) related to Johnson and Carter. You might be too. The 'founding fathers' were a relatively small group of people.<br /><br />I understand your point that he can't go to Europe the way, say, Kennedy did in 1963.<br /><br /><i>Once it becomes clear that Washington’s attention is elsewhere, Russia and its west European friends (Germany chiefly, but also Italy, Austria and others) can do their dirty deals, especially in energy, unchecked.. Without a powerful outsider to act as a counterweight, Europe’s power-politics are always vulnerable to a Russian-German deal.</i> <br /><br />Where does Britain stand in all of this?Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.com