Re: Europe and the world Ignore america, america becoming an isolated rogue regime
well i might aswell the other one here.
**Lost in Europe **
President Bush has reached a dead end in his foreign policy, but he has failed to recognise his quandary
Sidney Blumenthal
Friday February 25, 2005
The Guardian
President Bush has reached a dead end in his foreign policy, but he has failed to recognise his quandary. His belief that the polite reception he received in Europe is a vindication of his previous adventures is a vestige of fantasy.
As the strains of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the Pastoral, filled the Concert Noble in Brussels, Bush behaved as though the mood music itself was a dramatic new phase in the transatlantic relationship. He gives no indication that he grasps the exhaustion of his policy. His reductio ad absurdum was reached with his statement on Iran: “This notion that the US is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table.” Including, presumably, the “simply ridiculous”.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/s...1424849,00.html
I dunno who Bush is trying to impress, but most can see right through his fake ‘we’re all best friend’ act. :halo: