On the eve of its long-heralded unification, Europe has been deeply divided. Less by the merits of the Iraqi crisis per se than by the perceptions of and policies toward American power. The transatlantic divide became an intra-European one with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe tipping the balance in favor of the American leadership. The letter entitled "United We Stand,"¹ a British-Spanish initiative signed by the leaders of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, became the symbol of that divide. It stressed the primacy of the "transatlantic bond guaranteeing our freedom." It was followed on February 5 by the letter of the "Vilnius Ten" (from Albania to Estonia) pledging their readiness to contribute to an international coalition to enforce the disarmament of Iraq.²