Freitag, Januar 24, 2003
Here are the news
Da ham die deutschen Intellektuellen endlich mal wieder was zum lästern und können sich in wohlfeilen Formulierungen ergehen. Interessanter ist für mich, wie US-Medien darüber berichten:
L.A. Daily News: Rumsfeld's comments to foreign reporters at a briefing in Washington on Wednesday outraged both European politicians and ordinary citizens, who took the remark as example of America's growing arrogance.(...)
Reuters: The spat has deepened divisions in the transatlantic alliance and angered even strong advocates of U.S. policy in Berlin and Paris.(Vor allem die Bild-Zeitung wird ausführlich erwähnt...)
Washington Post: Rumsfeld's remarks summed up a sentiment long felt on both sides of the Atlantic but rarely expressed openly -- that as NATO and the European Union expand eastward, they are taking in new, more pro-American members(...)
Newsday: Where some nations stand on a U.S. -led military action to topple Saddam Hussein. Information complied from news reorts and government:
LIKELY TO JOIN U.S.: Australia, Britain, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Kuwait, Poland, Spain
ON THE FENCE: Canada, China, France, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey
WILL NOT JOIN U.S.: Germany,Jordan, Syria
Washinton Times: The trans-Atlantic war of words over military action against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has obscured substantial international support for the Bush administration's tough line.
(...)Mr. Rumsfeld shot back, this time through a spokesman: "If one considers the vast number of countries in Europe, they're not with France and Germany on this. They're with the United States."
(...)"Surely we can have effective relationships with other nations without adopting a chip-on-the-shoulder foreign policy, a my-way-or-the-highway policy that makes all our goals in the world more difficult to achieve," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat and an opponent of war with Iraq, in a speech this week.Gerade der letztere Artikel zeigt, worum es Rumsfeld natürlich mit seiner Bemerkung ging: Er wollte bewirken, dass die übrigen europäischen Länder nicht auch "a problem" werden.
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