Also interesting. Even though I think GWB is an idiot, I for one am pleased, after nearly sixty years of being obsessed with how much we're "liked" and going to remarkable extremes to try to achieve that result, that we are finally no longer concerned about how other people/nations feel about us. Given the behavior of most of the rest of the world, particularly Europe, my heartfelt reaction is: to hell with them. I'm not that fond of truffles anyway. --Db