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...WHAT SHOULD EUROPE DO NOW TO HELP IN IRAQ? One thing is what NATO decided to do: to help build the security force. The fact that the army and police were dismantled a few years ago, I'm sure that everyone understands now that was a big mistake...
...former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army agreed to quit and turn himself in. Many found his resignation impressive. The U.N. administrator for Kosovo, Soren Jessen-Petersen, said that Haradinaj "has once again put the interests of Kosovo above his own." HERO FOR A LIFETIME beamed the newspaper Express. NATO flew in 1,000 reinforcements to guard against the possibility of mob violence, but Kosovo Albanians greeted the news that a "war hero" had been indicted with relative calm. International officials are already holding Kosovo up as an example to neighboring Serbia and to Croatia, which have been reluctant...
...plate.) But when Air Force One landed in Brussels for the start of his first foreign trip since winning re-election, the man of action gave himself over to the art of conversation. "You might call this a listening tour," he said during a press conference with nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. "People have got things on their mind and they want me to hear...
...point out, to help train Iraqi security forces. Sure, they've agreed to train 1,000 Iraqis a year at a location outside of Iraq. To put that in perspective, the current U.S. goal is to train a further 200,000 Iraqis by October 1 - in other words, the NATO contribution will amount to 0.5 percent of the total. That's a little like the geopolitical equivalent of a Hallmark good-luck greeting card...
SOME IN THE U.S. WERE OFFENDED BY YOUR SPEECH ABOUT WEAKNESSES IN THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. I wanted to establish more common ground in the transatlantic relationship through NATO, the E.U. and all the other institutions that exist between the U.S. and Germany. We are not just ready to discuss questions of military importance but go further into a real strategic dialogue on questions such as climate change, international terrorism, nonproliferation and aid to Africa. The time is right for opening a new chapter in transatlantic relations...