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The agreements envisioned the creation of two unions : one monetary , based on uniform fiscal policies and a common European currency ; and one political , based on common policies in the areas of foreign affairs , defense and trade . To follow up on my reaction a bit upthread , I guess I can see people chafing at the bit to score political points IF there were a stupendously obvious connection to be made between the event and the actions of one political side or another . I have two comments - - one political , one strategic.First , the politics : By every political measure , from polls to the feedback our elected officials are getting from constituents , the American public has had it with the war . Three huge processes ( one political , the other economic and the third cultural ) whose multiple tributaries do not cease to intertwine their courses in a geographic area expanded by colonisations , pushed back by the Russian and Chinese revolutions , expanded once more by decolonisation and made global by the implosion of state socialism . But Europe always resisted one political , religious or cultural authority , which proves that diversity is the hallmark of Europe . Most of those on " one political side " ( yes , I know who we are ) have , oftentimes grudgingly , acknowledged that spies / humint are necessary and that , necessarily , those who spy will be of somewhat dubious moral character . This trend does not arise from one political side or another , but from a tendency to enlist the university not for its wisdom but for its symbolic value as a vehicle to ratify a received vision . When President Bush addressed the nation Tuesday night , he had two related problems one political , the other conceptual . " The focus of this year 's symposium will be the way the media concentrates on political scandals and its difficulty discussing important social choices that involve more than just pitting one political side against the other .