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"A Thing" ? Sort of - not so much any ideological interest, but the contrasts of cultures in the long-term history of Europe seems to me to be really interesting. CIA and NSA and all those fellas study it, so why not me too? The Eastern European ladies are particularly interesting as well.
And, I have an idea that our American History, our times here, are bound to what happens there...so a "political" interest.
I never advocate beyond a soft prejudice in favor of peace, fairness, mostly I just observe...
That kickboxing gal really serves it out!
Like I said, nothing wrong with that.
Certainly it is no coincidence that there are similarities in culture since the vast majority of folks in this country are descended from European immigrants and you are right in that in this day and age what happens anywhere in the world can impact other nations and their economies.
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