European Leaders (2008)From Yahoo News/Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States proposed to European Union leaders on Tuesday they adopt a joint approach to fight terrorism and set aside divisions spurred by the Iraq war and Guantanamo prison abuses, EU officials said.
The proposal was described as a broad idea in the early stages. It came as the two sides discussed a U.S. desire for Europe to accept inmates from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terrorism suspects are held.
President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the internationally condemned prison within a year and an end to harsh interrogation of suspects held there.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States proposed to European Union leaders on Tuesday they adopt a joint approach to fight terrorism and set aside divisions spurred by the Iraq war and Guantanamo prison abuses, EU officials said.
The proposal was described as a broad idea in the early stages. It came as the two sides discussed a U.S. desire for Europe to accept inmates from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terrorism suspects are held.
President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the internationally condemned prison within a year and an end to harsh interrogation of suspects held there.
Read more ....
My Comment: The Europeans love to t
The proposal was described as a broad idea in the early stages. It came as the two sides discussed a U.S. desire for Europe to accept inmates from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terrorism suspects are held.
President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the internationally condemned prison within a year and an end to harsh interrogation of suspects held there.
Read more ....
My Comment: The Europeans love to talk the talk .... but they will never walk the walk. Anti-terrorism laws, strict immigration laws, and the imprisoning of dangerous men is a hot potato issue in Europe. The mass majority of the public is for it, but the political class has different ideas.
American efforts to put some rational in this discussion will be a waste of time. Europe's leaders want to go a European way .... and what the U.S. may propose will be discounted simply because of where it is coming from.
President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the internationally condemned prison within a year and an end to harsh interrogation of suspects held there.
Read more ....
My Comment: The Europeans love to talk the talk .... but they will never walk the walk. Anti-terrorism laws, strict immigration laws, and the imprisoning of dangerous men is a hot potato issue in Europe. The mass majority of the public is for it, but the political class has different ideas.
American efforts to put some rational in this discussion will be a waste of time. Europe's leaders want to go a European way .... and what the U.S. may propose will be discounted simply because of where it is coming from.