European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 19, 1991 the stars and strip Santhony Lewis Page 13 commentary Little England ism attitude has no place in dec pro it that omit. A suppose that one of the 13 original american states had at first stayed out of the constitutional Union then reluctantly joined but repeatedly dragged its feet on great National enterprises. Suppose that state had demanded and won for itself exemption from parts of the constitutional system. That analogy inexact though it is gives an idea of Britain a attitude toward the european Community. Standing aloof at first Britain finally joined a but continues to act As if membership were a Burden or even a menace instead of an Opportunity to share in one of the most promising ventures in contemporary history this is a time of Hope for the Community. Meeting last week in the dutch town of maastricht the Heads of the 12-Membcr governments committed themselves to establishing a common currency and european Central Bank by no later than seven years from now. They pledged to work for a common foreign policy and perhaps in time a a common  in these and other ways the maastricht meeting took dramatic Steps toward the a More perfect Union that the treaty Ere William Safire rating the Community set out As its goal. American history demonstrates How making the critical monetary and economic decisions at the Center May draw political Power there too a Nav make citizens look to Federal rather than local institutions for leadership. And where was Britain As the Community thus made Concrete its vision of a United Europe prime minister John major was in maastricht a resisting All the Way major rejected a move to adopt european wide labor and employment Laws. The other ii members thought that step was a necessary accompaniment to the singe european Market that becomes a reality next year. When major obdurate blocked a treaty amendment the 11 adopted the proposal As a separate agreement among themselves. And major said he would veto the proposal for a common currency and Central Bank unless Britain were allowed to stay out when the moment of creation comes. The others agreed on an opt out clause for Britain. To stay out of the european monetary Union would be quite unrealistic for Bri Lian indeed suicidal. The financial institutions of the City of London which Are so important now in the world of finance would be relegated to the sidelines. Germany s Bundesbank is today the dominant influence on monetary policy in All the european countries. Under the proposed monetary Union the Bundesbank s role would be played by a Central Bank in. Which All member countries would have a part. Britain would have More influence than it does now. The still larger Point is political. The newly reunited Germany is the big player in Europe and its powerful Economy is going to make it Ever bigger. At a time when angry nationalism is flaring up in so Many places it is in everyone s urgent interest to knit Germany into a larger Europe. That is the reason that German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been so Strong an advocate of strengthening the Community and its political character. For All those reasons no sensible British government is going to stand apart in the end. The Community is solidifying Britain will in time join in that process and major knows it. Yet at maastricht major played dog in the Manger lie forced a solution that creates something like a two tier Europe with Britain alone in the second tier. And w Hen it was Over he told reporters happily that it had been a game set and match Tor  some game some match. Why would major Crow Over isolating his country Domestic politics is the answer. A in Natul of irreconcilable a in the conservative party led by Margaret Thatcher Are paranoid about Europe. Major thinks he needs to placate them so he can go into an election with a United party. But that Only Points to a to Toul and Long term failure in British politics. Ian Davidson of the financial l Imes. London wrote alter maastricht that the failure was a the direct consequence of the defensive and adversarial vocabulary adopted consistently for the past 40 years by almost the entire political class in or it Ain toward the european  or to put it another Way. Too Many politicians have fostered the delusion that Britain can go it alone. Thai is Little England ism the state of mind that produced the headline fog in Channel. Continent Cut off c Tho now Yetk times Buchonong would be King of new nationalists 111 1 of a of in  ,.v�. I my old Comrade in arms from Nixon speech writing Days he did a pusillanimous Pussy footers Quot for Agnew alliteration while i did a nattering nabobs of negativism Quot is running for president. To be More precise Patrick j. Buchanan is using the Republican primary Campaign in 1992 As the springboard for his Long Range plan to wrest control of the party from hawkish neoconservatives and pragmatic moderates. Pat will open Strong in new Hampshire a hands a Kable state gripped by depression where safely Maverick republicans will gleefully grab the Chance to a Send Bush a message Quot before returning to the fold in november. Playing David against Goliath unencumbered by Competition from David Duke and with the ardent support of the states biggest newspaper Pat might exceed Gene Mccarthy a 42 percent against an incumbent president. If he does the Coiner of a instant analysis will be declared the Winner. That will be his Peak but will earn him coverage All Spring and a dramatic prime time Slot at the convention. Recalling the Reagan example against incumbent president Ford in 1976, Pat will not Bolt but begin his Campaign for takeover of the party in 1996 against Kemp Quayle Wilson and Gramm. When that fails he will transform his computer connected network of the nativist right and isolationist left into a third party similar to the american party of the mid-19th Century. Do not underestimate a messianic pol who can write his own stuff Buchanan a the anti intellectual intellectual the most likable hater a will be a political Factor for a Long time. Does he pose a danger to the present rightward individualist direction of America yes. His elitist immigration policy makes even nutty multiculturalism look Good. Looking at the world he takes a Good thing a political self determination nationalist Pride a and carries it to an extreme. If America is to be first it cannot be the result of selfishness or xenophobia because we have the will to use our Power to Lead selectee intervention. Had the Buchanan Weltanschauung View of the world prevailed iraqi president Saddam Hussein a his Conquest of Kuwait setting him bestrides the Arab world and in control of vast wealth a would today be importing soviet scientists to put the finishing touches on his nuclear tipped intercontinental missiles. Which brings me to a personal Point. I was in that band of War Hawks at which Pat loosed his Cannon this year Labelling us a the amen Corner Quot of the israeli defense ministry a As if the threat to the United states from Saddam was a concoction of world jewry. That was a charge of dual loyalty below the political Belt. Pat knew it Catholic americans had to endure similar charges of Quot romanism Quot for a Century until the election of Juk buried such notions of secret papal domination. I withheld my reaction in Hopes that a columnist with impeccably conservative credentials and not jewish would make the Call. William f. Buckley an Early Buchanan hero has just done so in the National review finding the pattern of Pat s past remarks impossible to defend from a charge of anti semitism. That is a sound if pained judgment. Another reason i Laid Low was to be in a position to help a Friend Back out of what he now must know to be a dead end. Although he Misper cives contrition As weakness he has lately been studding his statements with Jude Christian values Quot admitting a insensitivity Quot and being Quot a Wise acres to Jim Lehrer on pcs explaining that his listing of Only non jewish names As potential persian Gulf War casualties was More anti British than anti yiddish. Pat and i used to prepare the a Black Book Quot of anticipated questions and suggested answers to a candidate. Here a a submission for your own Black Hook Pat a i can Sec How some Wise Guy cracks of mine in the past can be taken As anti semitic. I did not mean to Hurt or frighten any group of americans and to the extent 1 did i repudiate it right now. David Duke can have the nazi vote. In a Here looking for the new nationalists. A Cythe now York Timus