 Belgium's prime minister told President Bush on Tuesday that while the United States has improved its relationship with Europe in the last year, "there is certainly a lot of work still to do."
| ... and guess who's expected to do it? |
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said he told Bush that the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is driving down public opinion of the United States in Europe. He said Europeans want court trials for suspects being held indefinitely at the camp on Cuba's eastern tip.
| Like we gave the werewolves after WWII? |
"The president responded that that was the goal at the end of the whole process," Verhofstadt told reporters as he left the White House after a meeting with Bush. "I think it's a very important thing to say that to the American president, that that is certainly an important thing to do."
| I think it's a fine idea, something to do when the WoT's over... |
Guantanamo has become a symbol in Europe for what many people see as Bush administration excesses in hunting down and interrogating potential terrorists. The United States says the detainees are suspected Taliban or al-Qaida operatives or soldiers, but lawyers and rights groups say many were victims of circumstance who are not violent.
| But so far they haven't offered any proof. And the results with the bad boyz we've let go suggest quite the opposite. |
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