September 11th 2001 drew the transatlantic alliance together; but the mood did not last, and over the five years since it has pulled ever further apart. A recent poll for the German Marshall Fund shows that 57% of Europeans regard American leadership in world affairs as "undesirable". The Iraq war is mainly to blame. But there is another and more. intractable reason for the growing division: God.
Europeans worry that American foreign policy under George Bush is too influenced by religion. The "holy warriors" who hijacked the planes on September 11th reintroduced God into international affairs in the most dramatic of ways. It seems that George Bush is replying in kind, encouraging a clash of religions that could spell global catastrophe.
Dominique Moisi, a special adviser at the French Institute for International Relations, argues that "the combination of religion and nationalism in America is frightening. We feel betrayed by God and by nat
A. America’s foreign policy seems strongly influenced by religion. But that influence is much more complex than its critics suppose
B. In the world of good and evil American foreign policy is bound to be fruitless
C. The growing disparity which is created by God has been existing. But the gulf of the transatlantic alliance will be bridged
D. Religious figures have made some pretty outrageous things that could be compromised by means non-violent means
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