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The mud-slinging and sophomoric arguments that Kerry's camp is foisting upon our allies is ridiculous.
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She is not saying anything that is not the case or that is not being said elsewhere.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/...308768,00.html
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But even a Kerry victory will not automatically end transatlantic disagreements: a survey commissioned jointly by an American and an Italian thinktank showed recently that a growing majority of Europeans seek a more independent role from the US. Some 58 per cent of Europeans said strong US leadership in the world was undesirable, an increase of nine percentage points from a similar poll last year. Only in Britain and the Netherlands do a majority desire strong American leadership. Eighty per cent of the Europeans surveyed did not believe the invasion of Iraq was worth the loss of life and cost. Some 73 per cent of Europeans believe the war increased the risk of terrorism, as do 49 per cent of Americans.
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