CSM: Europeans' chill deepens on US policy

[maddezmom]

PARIS - The resignation of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi underscores the difficulty in Europe of governments trying to support US foreign policy on terror while at the same time pleasing their own publics.

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European capitals are wavering over how to deal with a US administration in its final two years, one saddled with multiple inconclusive wars and battles against terror.

Yet despite the crisis in Italy, and general dislike in Europe for US tactics in fighting terrorism, a fairly clear distinction continues to exist in elite circles between US-led Iraq and Afghan ventures.

Those distinctions have both practical and legal foundations: While a defeat of the US in Iraq might be troubling for the West, an accompanying defeat in Afghanistan would be "catastrophic," says a Brussels-based European diplomat.

"The war in Afghanistan is seen by Europeans as having a real basis in the events of 9/11, under UN rulings of the right of self-defense," says Adam Roberts, a professor at Oxford University, "and this is seen as different from the war in Iraq.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070223/ts_csm/oconfidence_1

[Eurobabe]

1. With Bush about to nuke Iran, what you you expect?

Personally I am worried that if this were to happen, not only will we have a humanitarian crisis of astronomical proportion, we might have a radioactive cloud blowing over us in Southern Europe! If global warming doesn't kill us, Bush will!

Yeah, that would chill anyone. :wtf: