Original sentence: There have been some tensions between European countries and the United States, based on the refusal of many European countries to participate in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Edited sentence: As for Europe's relations with the rest of the world, the U.S- led "War on Terror", and the friction between the EU and Russia over the expanding borders of the Union are causing an increasingly cold relationship with the rest of the world.Such moves as the EU fines hovering over Microsoft and the withdrawal of Spain from the war on Iraq are only intensifying the tensions.The United States has always felt that it could rely on France in its hour of need, based on the French intervention in the American War of Independence against Great Britain, but in a twist of fate, the United Kingdom is now the US's last remaining major ally, barring Canada and Australia, as NATO and the UN have appeared to become defunct.The refusal by most of so-called "Old Europe", led by France and Germany, to partake in the invasion of Iraq is one prime example of this.This refusal by France and Germany has sparked tensions between the US and the EU; either side of the Atlantic Ocean believe that the other is trying to humiliate the other