Historical use of Churchill should be more closely tethered to his understanding of statesmanship. Honest doubt about a complex scientific forecast of the future, or the prudent precautions to take against it, is surely different in character from the moral evasion that mislabels or misunderstands political malevolence.

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Posted at 10:16 AM in Europe by J. Lawrence Scholer [?] | Permalink

Tory leader David Cameron on U.S.-U.K. special relationship.

And [Cameron] called for a "rebalancing" of the US/UK special relationship, criticising Tony Blair for "losing the art" of being a sometimes critical ally of America.

His speech, which reasserted Tory support for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars but contained a sustained criticism of both Mr Bush and Tony Blair's actions, came on the day a predecessor of his as Conservative leader, Lady Thatcher, stood shoulder to shoulder with Dick Cheney, the US vice president, in Washington at a 9/11 memorial service. With none of the caveats of Mr Cameron's thinking, she declared that Britain stood with the US "in the front line against Islamist fanatics who hate our beliefs, our liberties and our citizens".

"We must not falter. We must not fail," she said.

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Posted at 9:46 AM in Europe by J. Lawrence Scholer [?] | Permalink

Beijing and Moscow are using the SCO as a tool to eliminate U.S. influence in the Eurasian heartland - the home to half the world's population, a key front in the War on Terror and the location of key world energy supplies.

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Posted at 11:42 AM in Europe, Asia by Andrew Grossman [?] | Permalink

But things in Sweden are not as good as the advocates would like to believe. Long the paragon of social democracy, the Swedish model is rotting from within. Ironically, the unique social and economic foundation that first allowed Sweden to construct its political edifice--and which makes it such a difficult model for other countries to emulate--has been critically weakened by the system it helped create. Far from a being a solution for the new sick men of Europe, Sweden must face serious and fundamental challenges at the heart of its social model.

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Gerard Baker notes the BBC's arrival in the American market.

In happier times, Americans' exposure to the BBC was limited to gems such as Fawlty Towers and Are You being Served?

In future it will be no laughing matter.

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Posted at 11:12 AM in Europe by Nathaniel Ward [?] | Permalink

[Image] - Fidel Castro embraces George Galloway before Cuban TV program "Mesa Redonda", "Round Table", in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday,

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