February 8, 2005
CAN'T TEACH AN OLD EUROPEAN NEW TRICKS:
THE US PRESIDENT SHATTERS ALL MYTHS AND PRECONCEPTIONS (Amir Taheri, February 5, 2005, Gulf News)
Right up to the moment that United States President George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union in Washington on Wednesday, speculation had been rife about his supposed decision to soften, if not totally abandon, key aspects of his foreign policy.Robin Cook, a former British Foreign Secretary and leading opponent of the liberation of Iraq, was touring radio studios in London predicting that Bush, supposedly chastened by reality, would come up with a mea-culpa and beg the "Europeans" for pardon.
The Parisian daily Le Monde went even further by claiming that Bush had telephoned French President Jacques Chirac, another opponent of the liberation of Iraq, presumably to promise a "softer American foreign policy".
Similar claims were made in sections of the German and British media that still lament the demise of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain. The implication was that it was not Bush but John Kerry the Americans had elected last November.
However, Bush reminded all those who needed to be reminded that he was in no mood to apply for membership of the club of post-modernist appeasers who are prepared to shine the boots of every Third World despot provided he happens to be anti-American.
The guys who think they understand the world better than the President can't even figure him and America out. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 8, 2005 3:06 PM
Surprise! the Euroweenies are in the same state of denial as the DemocRATS.
Posted by: Lou Gots at February 8, 2005 3:34 PMSurprise! the Euroweenies are in the same state of denial as the DemocRATS.
Posted by: Lou Gots at February 8, 2005 3:35 PMCareful, these guys are so smart, so masterful they harnesed the forces of history. By the way, how's that working out?
Posted by: Luciferous at February 8, 2005 5:58 PMI wonder whether Robin Cook would even find what goes on in his book, Coma, wrong anymore?
Posted by: Randall Voth at February 9, 2005 9:35 AM