The European Union reaffirmed that Arafat remained a legitimate authority and its interlocutor for peace, while French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine criticised Israel's "attempt to stifle Arafat".Oh, yeah. Definitely. Israel should use the Clayton Williams theory. Just lay back and enjoy it! ! </ sarcasm>EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana spoke by telephone to Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to press for a ceasefire and urge both sides to seize the opportunity offered by an Arab summit's endorsement of Saudi peace proposals.
"Arafat is our interlocutor, as EU leaders said at the Barcelona summit (on March 16). He remains our interlocutor and the legitimate authority," Solana's spokeswoman Cristina Gallach told Reuters.
She said the EU considered that Israel had a legitimate right to fight terrorism, but "military means are not going to solve the problem of terrorism".
I think Vedrine used the wrong word. The word is "snuff," as in "Israel wants to snuff my kissing buddy, Yasser." Let's hope Israel succeeds in blasting Yasser out of his bunker.
Okay; show of hands...anyone give a rat's @ss what Europe thinks on anything? Anyone at all?
I didn't think so.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
In ten years America will be just as dependant on Arab muslim oil as Europe is today. Today, America is 50 percent dependant. Today Europe is 80 percent dependant on Arab oil. As we have seen, the Europeans don't sneeze without fist getting permission from the Arab oil shieks. In ten years, unless America takes drastic steps to become energy independant, the arabs will blackmail America just like they can blackmail Europe today. When America becomaes 80 percent dependant on Arab muslim oil they will constantly demand that the US pressure Israel to commit suicide. The Arabs will demand that we teach Islam in every school in America. The arabs will demand that we take in millions of muslim refugees (over and above what we take in today). And also, the arabs will demand that we don't retaliate for future terrorist attacks. Yep..This is what's coming. If we don't comply with the arab demands, they will just shut off the oil supply...