13 November 2002

Europe lacks moral fibre, says US hawk. World latest: Richard Perle, a leading Pentagon adviser on Iraq, has launched an extraordinary tirade against Europe which he accused of providing succour to Saddam Hussein. [Guardian Unlimited] "I don't see how anyone, particularly any liberal, can say anything that can be construed as protecting the regime of Saddam Hussein. And yet that's the position that many on the left have taken." I have often wondered the same. 1:16:03 PM    comment []