Germany -- George Bush contends that America's interests and values have become one. The country, he says, is more secure "when freedom is on the march". In his view, spreading democracy is not an American passion, but an interest. Nowhere is this conviction put to a tougher test than in America's dealings with Russia.

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Germany--I have no idea whether soccer explains the whole world, as Franklin Foer argues in a recent book, but it certainly explains my own country.

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Germany -- To tell Americans that they enjoy lots of personal freedoms is not terribly original, but Americans love it when you tell them so. It also happens to be true.

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