FEB. 18, 2003: INDECENCY L’Unilateralisme Just try to imagine President Bush talking to America’s dissenting allies the way Jacques Chirac spoke about the pro-American European states at a press conference yesterday: “They missed a good chance to keep quiet.” And imagine – imagine! – if President Bush threatened France and Germany the way President Chirac threatened the candidate-members of the European Union: “Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible to [sign the letter] when their position is really delicate. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.” As I read that,...