Franconius,
It's impossible to discuss the War on Terror and the resentment Europe feels towards the US and vice-versa without making at least tangential references to Iraq. I agree with you that the Iraq War should not be the defining issue of our day from which we will never return, but let's face it, people tend to view the War on Terror and the War in Iraq in the same macro-set (whether they agree the two are linked, or they think of one as a deterrant to the other).

Calm down man, we'll get past all this.