"It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world."

Power and Weakness is an article by Robert Kagan, and was published last year in Policy Review. It seems especially timely now as the United States prepares for war with Iraq.

Meanwhile, here in Wisconsin, Fort McCoy is hosting 4,000 reservists and National Guard soldiers from 50 units for training.