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  • Mark Steyn: Atlanticist small talk is all that's left

    02/21/2005 2:26:50 PM PST · by Pokey78 · 77 replies · 2,659+ views
    The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 02/22/05 | Mark Steyn
    'The change for the moment is more in tone than substance," wrote Alec Russell, reporting on President Bush's European outreach in yesterday's Daily Telegraph. You don't say. My colleague is almost right. In Brussels yesterday, the President's "charm offensive" consisted of saying the same things he always says ¨- on Iraq, Iran, Palestine, the illusion of stability, the benefits of freedom, the need for Egypt and Saudi Arabia to get with the programme, etc. But, tone-wise, the Bush charm offensive did its best to keep the offensiveness reasonably charming ¨C though his references to anti-Semitism and the murder of Theo...