To those who complain about the hegemony of the United States in world affairs, the time has come to encourage Europe and France in particular to come off the sideline and take an active role in the Middle East.
Americans who have long argued that France and Europe have a constructive, important role to play in global affairs -- including in the Middle East -- have a huge stake in this decision. That proposition is, to say the least, not obvious to all Americans. Failure to seize and use this dangerous opportunity in Lebanon that France helped forge would sink such hopes for as far ahead as I can see.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/23/AR2006082301363.html?referrer=email
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