Found this article, [link|http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/archive.asp?doc=%7B0E7C6060-E4F3-4E14-832C-6BB2CA0B34BE%7D&width=800&height=572&agt=explorer&ver=4&svr=4|Lights, Camera \ufffd Reason], from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung to be rather interesting.
It is the U.S. government and not, as European fantasy would have it, concerned world opinion that is urging patience.