Robert Kagan explains how truly extraordinary and courageous it was for the leaders of 8 Eurpopean states to speak out in support of Bush's efforts to disarm Iraq. I'm sure that the conniving of the Germans and French to dominate the EU may have given them some impetus as well, but it's an encouraging development. Just as Bernard Lewis advised in the week following 9/11, if we show resolve and determination, we don't have to do "coalition building." The coalitions build themselves because, for all their kvetching, this nations respect the U.S. and want to be on the winning side. It shames France to compare its history of colonialism with the conquests of the U.S. because we don't behave like the Old European colonial powers.