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| Bush urges Europe to deal with terrorism |
| 2002-05-24 |
| Bush came face to face with European opposition when three lawmakers from the ex-Communist party of Democratic Socialism, seated about 20 feet away, held up a banner reading, "Bush. Schroeder. Stop your wars." How very original. I wonder how many days it took them to come up with that? "Wishful thinking might bring comfort, but not security. Call this a strategic challenge. Call it, as I do, axis of evil. Call it by any name you choose, but let us speak the truth: If we ignore this threat, we invite certain blackmail and place millions of our citizens in grave danger," Bush said to polite applause from lawmakers. Terrorists are "familiar with the map of Europe" and could strike the continent next, he said. It takes two sides to end a war. You can surrender, you can achieve victory, or you can negotiate something in between. Ending a war unilaterally leaves out the third option, so you can pick which of the first two are preferable. Euros seem to like the first, Americans the second. I hope we never change our preference. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |