BAD NEWS for Germany. And this oped from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution seems right to me:

I wouldn’t dare predict the outcome of the presidential election in November, but there is one prediction I will make. Regardless of who wins, George W. Bush or John Kerry, an idealistic, interventionist foreign policy for the United States is over. In international affairs, our country will turn not to multilateralism but to isolationism. Partnership with Europe will be history.

Yes, as I’ve noted over the past couple of years, European politicians really don’t understand the extent of the damage they have done.