sorefingers, have you noticed people are blinking alot more?

Yes, the USA sent a huge number of agents of all kinds to Europe. There's the NSA at Menworth hill, the Air force everywhere, the Army in Germany, and rather alot in graves everywhere between here and Berlin.

Why assume that the US intelligence agencies are resonsible for all that's wrong with Europe? I've not even heard that from the most rabidly anti-american wing of the Liberal Democrats. The French are more than capable of getting themselves into a state like this without any outside help. Cock-up is always a simpler explanation than conspiricy.