What a "Non" Vote in France Has in Common with the USA Patriot Act

What the French (and yesterday the Dutch) are saying by voting against the Constitutional Treaty in Europe reflects the same concerns incorporated in the USA Patriot Act .... 'non" - keep them pieds noirs ou' a here! 'No" - keep them non-Judeo- Christians out! In both cases, pulling up the draw bridges may actually do economic harm. A smarter approach would be to open up to more outside resources and cooperate more fully with "them others". How about this idea? We could save money, reduce the loss of American lives, and take the focus off of the the head Crusader in Washington by following what the British did when they went into Mesopotamia in the early 20th Century... hire foreign troops to do the fighting for us. Why wait for the Iraqis to be fully trained when there are already trained Indians and Pakistanis who might be willing to work for us? And we could do it all with a US contractor like Blackwater.