I have been back and re-read all the posts in this thread and I cannot find any USA "slamming" comments (just a swipe at the French
).
A question was asked why Galileo was being developed and various reasons have been offered in response, primarily the desire for a complementary and redundant alternative (which you desire and Galileo will be) with more local control for European nations and independance from the USA.
Unfortunately you can only acheive true redundancy with 'more damn boxes in the cockpit' but let's hope that the user interfaces will be common. As users of GPS and Galileo services, we should not have to be concerned where the signals come from. We just want a display to reliably and accurately tell us where we are. That is down to the avionics market, not the satelite builders.
TG