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EU, U.S. At Odds On Threat

Posted on Tuesday, March 07 at 09:05 by jensonj
'The United States talks of a war against terror,' said one senior European Union official at the GMF conference. 'We don`t subscribe to that view in the European Union.' Speaking at the same event, which observed `Chatham House` rules of anonymity, a NATO official said the 26-member military bloc also preferred to talk about the 'fight against terror.' It is more than a semantic issue. The Bush administration -- and many ordinary Americans -- see their country 'at war' with terrorism, and argues trenchantly that U.S. troops in Iraq are part of this effort. There is no such feeling in Europe, partly because European nations have lived with terrorist attacks on their soil for decades, if not centuries. http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1135037.php/EU_U.S._at_odds_on_threat

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  1. by boflaade
    Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:05 pm
    Canadians too have suffered from a "terrorist attack". The Air-India bombing occurred over foreign soil but directly envolved Canada. Even so, Canada has not invaded a foreign country as the direct result. Years of investigations and lengthy trials were at a conclusion last year. Harper has recently decided to start the process over again. Perhaps this is a result of American pressure or simply because no blood has been drawn over the bombing.

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  2. by Deacon
    Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:58 pm
    I remember back in the 1970's when I was just a kid hearing about IRA bombings in London, the Red Brigade doing their thing in Germany, Palestinain bombings in Israel, and Carlos the Jackal pretty much scaring the hell out of everyone else.

    Fast forward to the present.

    Nothing really has changed, some of the groups changed tactics, some won what they wanted, and some lost it all when Russia collapsed.

    Some say that 911 changed everything, and to a limited degree it did. But it's greatest contribution to the current situation was that it gave the real terrorists, the unseen powers behind the thrones of government carte blanche to do whatever they wanted to in order to deal with this new "threat". A threat I personally believe they themselves engineered in order to further their own agenda.

    But in the end, those who are really in charge got exactly what they wanted: a fearful public who would blindly agree to anything in order to feel safe and secure.

    Sadly, I think this is merely the prelude to harder times ahead.



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