As expected, a last minute deal could not be a bold deal or one that would “fix” the problem. It just gives a breather, until the problem comes back to us again. The techniques to approach serious problems are extremely identical in the two sides of the Atlantic!: Push the can down the road. It is impossible for the human phycology to do the optimal; to stand above the short term goals and pressures. This is a universal law. Washington did exactly what Brussels did, given the battle they found themselves into. No supremacy of the New World was demonstrated in handling the same problem and this “plan” is not a fix, the same way that the recent deal in Europe is not a fix.
