But Europeans are showing little taste for increased defense spending, Iraq or no Iraq. Even France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy – thought by many to be a pro-American foreign policy hawk – is backing away from his campaign promise to maintain defense spending at 2% of GDP.
但是欧洲人正在表明对于增加国防开支没有什么兴趣，无论是否有伊拉克战争。法国许多人认为新总统萨尔科奇是一个亲美国的外交政策上的鹰派，但即使是他也正在从他的保持军费开支在GDP的2%的竞选许诺中退缩。