The way things are taking shape in Europe could soon result in a situation which would leave the US with no major supporter. We have repeatedly warned about the likely shift in Britain's foreign policy once Tony Blair steps down and is replaced by his heir apparent and a well—known leftist Gordon Brown, who is currently his Chancellor of Exchequer. Next month there will be an important general election in Italy which will pit the current Prime Minister and America's close ally Silvio Berlusconi against leftwing Romano Prodi, the former President of the European Commission. Prodi is ahead in the polls and his victory would appreciably weaken America's support in Europe which is already tenuous at best. The stakes are well summed up in a piece in this week's British weekly The Business: With Blair and Berlusconi gone, President Bush's administration would lose its two main friends in Europe. While hardly anti—American, their successors in Italy and the UK [...] would be...(Read Full Post)