Unfortunately, Carters choice makes perfect sense, from their point of view. The European intelegencia still believes that the world can return to it's state of the mid 1990's. Either we are right and nothing short of defeat we stop the crazies, or they are right and the crazies will just go away if ignored/given in to.
We will propably find out which is correct because the US will probably stop after Iraq. Then the crazies will do something even worse. The Arab's should fear what our reaction will be then.
The European intelegencia still believes that the world can return to it's state of the mid 1990's.I wonder if they still believe in the tooth fairy as well.
I never cease to be amazed by the EU and their short memories. Terrorism was very much alive and well in 1930's and not a move was made until it was too late, throwing the entire world into conflict.
As horrible and as devastating as WWII was, another escalating conflict due to indifference would have exponentially greater disastrous results.
In their minds it would "only" be the conceited Americans who would suffer the consequences, so, like, who cares?