The Austrian president gave a very heartfelt and fairly impassioned defense of the USA in response to that question. It was some snivelling European reporter who asked it, along with poll numbers.
Some folks can't tell the difference between the fire and the fireman.
"The Austrian president gave a very heartfelt and fairly impassioned defense of the USA in response to that question"
Good
"It was some snivelling European reporter who asked it, along with poll numbers."
Typical - but where's the surprise?
Finally - did I read this right - there's a big brouhaha over Guantanamo but they don't want the inmates sent back to their own countries because they might face torture????!!!!!!
President Bush said; "Absurd"
The Chancellor was hotter under the collar. He said "Grotesque"
Of course, unless you were fortunate enough to catch the whole thing on FOX news - or thought to read the whole transcript of the White House Web site - you'd never know how the Chancellor jumped in, uninvited, and told the reporter, basically, where to put it...per:
CHANCELLOR SCHÜSSEL: Let me add -- let me add something. I think Austria is really a good example to show that America has something to do with freedom, democracy, prosperity, development. Don't forget I was born in '45.
At that time, Vienna and half of Austria laid in ruins. And without the participation of America, what fate would have Europe? Where would be Europe today? Not the peaceful, prosperous Europe like we love it and where we live. Nothing -- I will never forget that America fed us with food, with economic support.
The Marshall Plan was an immense aid and incentive to develop industry, agriculture, tourism. And by the way, I said it to the President, the Marshall Fund is still working in Austria. It's now transformed into a kind -- in a fund for research and development -- still working.
The American people, at that time, the American government invested billions of dollars in Europe to develop the former enemy. And now we are a partner.
So I think it's grotesque to say that America is a threat to the peace in the world compared with North Korea, Iran, other countries."
So there, you scum media bottom suckers...