Some more examples of continental drift...
The good news, according to NY Post columnist Ralph Peters, is that "Eurabia" won't happen. Why? Well, that's the bad news. The reason it won't happen is that the indigenous Euros, for all their addiction to "narcotic socialism" are much too skilled at genocide to tolerate uppity minorities:
I have no difficulty imagining a scenario in which U.S. Navy ships are at anchor and U.S. Marines have gone ashore at Brest, Bremerhaven or Bari to guarantee the safe evacuation of Europe's Muslims. After all, we were the only ones to do anything about the slaughter of Muslims in the Balkans.
Mark Steyn responds at Power Line.
The Times meanwhile runs a front-page lead on a State Department official's unusually candid remarks about the Anglo-American alliance:
Kendall Myers, a senior State Department analyst, disclosed that for all Britain’s attempts to influence US policy in recent years, "we typically ignore them and take no notice — it’s a sad business". He added that he felt "a little ashamed" at Mr Bush’s treatment of the Prime Minister, who had invested so much of his political capital in standing shoulder to shoulder with America after 9/11.
End of the special relationship? The Times leader writer disagrees:
The man who is the favourite to succeed Mr Bush — John McCain — is a committed Anglophile, much as Mr Blair’s near- certain replacement — Gordon Brown — is an Atlanticist to his core. The title of the seminar at which Dr Myers spoke was "How special is the US-UK relationship after Iraq?" The correct answer to the question remains "very special".
Personally, I have my doubts. Regardless of what the political leaders do or say, I think that events in Iraq will speed a broader cultural shift towards Europe. But I'll be happy to be proved wrong on that.