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2004-09-04 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2004-09-04 13:02|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Oh, what shall we do?"

The word you're looking for is "dithering."

Posted by Fred 2004-09-04 1:02:40 PM|| 2004-09-04 1:02:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think "haggling" is better. As in the Iranians haven't come anywhere near the personal bribes that Saddam offered. How do you expect a Euromandarin to maintain themselves in the style to which they have become accustomed with under $20M Euro/year? Starvation! Unfair!

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-09-04 1:30:04 PM|| 2004-09-04 1:30:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 maybe they can have a technology exchange in return for unemployable, uneducated future jihadis? Oh, wait this would be part 2 of that trade, wouldn't it?

Posted by Frank G 2004-09-04 3:53:02 PM|| 2004-09-04 3:53:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot, whose country holds the EU presidency. "We cannot accept ... the development of weapons grade uranium" by Iran.

But questioning Russia as to why so many lives were lost to Islamist terrorists is just fine ... despite of the tremendous loss of life anticipated by Iran's accession to nuclear weaponry. @sshole!

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-04 8:04:17 PM|| 2004-09-04 8:04:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn't Pakistan steal its enrichment technology from a Dutch company? Man, these EU guys are slow learners!

Posted by Tom 2004-09-04 9:49:51 PM|| 2004-09-04 9:49:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Could someone please explain to me why the EU still thinks its relevant?

Posted by Capt America 2004-09-04 11:03:47 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-09-04 11:03:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Can someone please explain to me why intelligent realists in this country still think "the West" means anything?

In the middle east, France is on the other side. They've broadcast that nonstop to every arab and persian leader during their whirlwind tour these past twn days.

As regards Iran, Jack Straw and the other dwarves are undermining our efforts to contain Iraq. It's too late to prevent Iraq going nuclear, and it's impossible to persuade even the most supportive Europeans that the mullahs, not the Israelis, are the greatest threat to middle eastern stability.

Time for us to face the sobering fact that, in this war, the crucial allies are not the western democracies. And regarding containment of a nuclear Iran, the ewstern democracies are worse than useless.

Look eastward. Get f***ing serious, finally, about creating a deep and serious strategic relationship with Russia and India within a larger US-Turkey-Israel relationship.

Posted by lex 2004-09-04 11:29:30 PM|| 2004-09-04 11:29:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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