March 10, 2003
MATERIAL BREACH VS. MATERIAL INTERESTS:
Spain's Aznar questions French ''interests'' in Iraq (MSNBC, March 10, 2003)Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, an active supporter of the United States on Iraq, on Monday linked the ''material interests'' of France, Russia and China in Iraq to their opposition to the use of force there.Spain, currently on the U.N. Security Council, has joined the United States and Britain in backing a tough new resolution giving Iraq little time to disarm or face military strikes.
''We don't have any material interests in Iraq...France has material interests in Iraq. Russia has material interests in Iraq. China has material interests in Iraq. We don't have any,'' Aznar told Telecinco television in drawing a distinction between governments on opposing sides within the U.N. Security Council.
Mr. Aznar is rapidly emerging as our favorite foreign leader. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 10, 2003 10:42 PM
How Tony Blair must mourn the fickleness of his supporters . . . "They shift the moving Toyshop of their Heart."
Posted by: pj at March 11, 2003 8:01 AMOn March 3, Fred Kempe wrote in the Wall Street Journal Europe:
"History will show that George W. Bush's first stop on his first presidential trip to Europe was to Spain and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. That was in June 2001 . . .
[F]ew would have predicted Mr. Aznar's critical role now as America's most useful European ally beside Tony Blair . . ."
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
PJ, what's that "toyshop" quote from? I can't remember.
Posted by: Whackadoodle at March 11, 2003 10:25 AMAlexander Pope's something or other... (Ode to Toys 'R Us?)
It's been a while....