Monday, February 10, 2003 :::
UPI reports Joe Lieberman saying, "I fear during the last two years our administration has not listened to Europe."
Colby Cosh responds:
I think people have enough native suspicion of politicians, if not outright intelligence, to decode what Lieberman's saying when he whines that "I fear during the last two years our administration has not listened to Europe." [...] Kyoto and the ICC are international agreements the U.S. hasn't ratified. Until that happens, these things are offers, not contracts, and they've been rejected by Congress, not merely the executive branch--so by saying "The administration has not listened to Europe," Lieberman really means that "The U.S. hasn't bent over for Europe."
There's a difference between cooperation and genuflection.
::: posted by Steven at 2:32 PM
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