Bush - 'no power on earth will ever divide us' - oh really?
USA Today:President Bush sought to repair rocky relations with Europe on Sunday, saying "no power on earth will ever divide us." He urged allies to move beyond differences over Iraq in the interest of Mideast peace.
"As past debates fade and great duties become clear, let us begin a new era of trans-Atlantic unity," Bush will say in a speech on Monday. Appealing for aid for Iraq, he urges the world's democracies "to give tangible political, economic and security assistance to the world's newest democracy." Link
DB:I'ts probably quite likely that Europe will agree to train a few more Iraqis. There will be undertakings no doubt to 'get tough' with Iran. Diplomatic niceties will be observed - expect the usual platitudes regarding a thaw in relations, and photo calls with smiling faces. However, back on planet Earth, Bush's statement above - "no power on earth will ever divide us" - is wildly optimistic. As far as Europe is concerned, this president is the most dangerous in living memory. He is perceived as a hypocritical, deluded warmonger - a danger to us all. We are already divided on a raft of issues - from Kyoto to Iran to Iraq, UN, Nuclear Disarmament (get those 480 nukes off our territory) and US proliferation, militarization of space, Torture and kidnapping - and not just of our own citizens - arms to China, EU military power etc., etc.. Never before has there been a better advertisement for a United States of Europe. In a UK election year, probably the wisest thing Blair has ever done was to advise Bush to stay the hell out of England.
"As past debates fade and great duties become clear, let us begin a new era of trans-Atlantic unity," Bush will say in a speech on Monday. Appealing for aid for Iraq, he urges the world's democracies "to give tangible political, economic and security assistance to the world's newest democracy." Link
DB:I'ts probably quite likely that Europe will agree to train a few more Iraqis. There will be undertakings no doubt to 'get tough' with Iran. Diplomatic niceties will be observed - expect the usual platitudes regarding a thaw in relations, and photo calls with smiling faces. However, back on planet Earth, Bush's statement above - "no power on earth will ever divide us" - is wildly optimistic. As far as Europe is concerned, this president is the most dangerous in living memory. He is perceived as a hypocritical, deluded warmonger - a danger to us all. We are already divided on a raft of issues - from Kyoto to Iran to Iraq, UN, Nuclear Disarmament (get those 480 nukes off our territory) and US proliferation, militarization of space, Torture and kidnapping - and not just of our own citizens - arms to China, EU military power etc., etc.. Never before has there been a better advertisement for a United States of Europe. In a UK election year, probably the wisest thing Blair has ever done was to advise Bush to stay the hell out of England.
posted by exoplanet at 12:53 AM
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