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Europe
Europe Backs Bush on Growing Nuke Crises
2006-06-22
...for now.
President Bush won solid European support Wednesday for his handling of escalating nuclear crises with North Korea and Iran but was challenged over the Iraq war, the U.S. prison camp in Cuba and rising anti-American sentiment. "That's absurd," Bush snapped at a news conference in response to an assertion that the United States was regarded as the biggest threat to global security. "We'll defend ourselves, but at the same time we're actively working with our partners to spread peace and democracy."

Unbidden, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel rose with an impassioned defense that seemed to surprise the president. "I think it's grotesque to say that America is a threat to the peace in the world compared with North Korea, Iran, a lot of countries," Schuessel said. Europe would not enjoy peace and prosperity if not for U.S. help after World War II, he said. "We should be fair from the other side of the Atlantic," Schuessel said. "We should understand what September 11th meant to the American people."

But the chancellor also prodded Bush. "We can only have a victory in the fight against terror if we don't undermine our common values," Schuessel said. "It can never be a victory, a credible victory over terrorists if we give up our values: democracy, rule of law, individual rights."
Posted by:Fred

#1  Nork missle test > Commie China may in LT only have the Nepalese. Iff the Norks try to break free, means China has three independent-minded, well-armed, potens nuclearized TAIWANS on its flanks [TW-Vietnam-NK]. Dare MacArthur's Revenge??? Yoohoo, PUTIN, the Chicoms may come sooner than you think.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-06-22 03:01  

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