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...similar diplomatic trip to London and other European capitals. After visiting Rome, Reagan and his wife, Nancy, spent two nights at Windsor Castle, outside London, as guests of Queen Elizabeth II. The larger purpose of his journey was to reassure Europeans that the U.S. remained committed to nato and genuinely sought peace and arms reduction with the Soviet Union. Although Reagan was confronted in West Berlin by several thousand hostile demonstrators, the overall reaction to his visit was positive, as we described in a June 21, 1982, report...
...Start with the obvious: the dislike of Bush is the repayment, with interest, of an old slight. Bush and his closest advisers were dismissive of Europe from the start. After spats over global warming and the International Criminal Court, the Administration rebuffed NATO members who pledged their support to the U.S. following Sept. 11, 2001. Other slurs followed, like Bush's sneer at the American reporter who dared ask the French President a question in French. None of that made Bush loved. Now many Europeans simply doubt that his commitment to democracy in the Middle East is genuine and cannot...
...allies. Turkey made an obvious target. Even under the current Islamic-party government, democratic Turkey has remained staunchly secular and pro-Western. It was the first Muslim nation to recognize Israel, and cultivates extensive ties with the Jewish state. Long a faithful U.S. ally and member of NATO, Turkey aspires to join the European Union. Although its populace bitterly opposed the war in Iraq and its Parliament refused to let the U.S. deploy soldiers from Turkish soil, the government has been mending ties with the U.S., even offering to send peacekeepers to Baghdad (which the Iraqi Governing Council refused...
...Although NATO has finally decided to send additional soldiers to establish what it calls "islands" of stability outside the capital, its 19 member nations have managed to scrape together only 200 extra troops for the task--all from Norway. Afghan security officials expected 3,000. Of the troops already in Afghanistan--from Canada, Britain, Germany and many other countries--few can be spared from their current duties. Roughly 8,500 U.S. soldiers are busy hunting down the Taliban and al-Qaeda, and some 5,300 NATO troops are required for security in Kabul. That is because 30,000 unruly, battle...
...center-left government of Prime Minister Ivica Racan, below, after almost four years. The HDZ won 62 out of 140 seats, enough to forge a government after picking a junior partner from among about a dozen small parties. HDZ leader Ivo Sanader has committed himself to bringing Croatia into NATO...