January 30, 2003

Hat tip to the Professor who reports that the New Europe 8 has become the New Europe 10: Slovakia and Albania have added their support:

Some of Europe's newest democracies have expressed the strongest support because of past U.S. economic and political support of their struggle to escape communism.

Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano, in a letter to Bush made public Thursday, pledged ``total and unconditional'' support in the showdown against Iraq. Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda of Slovakia called the declaration ``the clear, right word at the right time,''[I believe he's referring to the "United We Stand" declaration published today.--J.T.] and said he agreed with it.

Glenn adds,"The point is that -- despite (or because of) their diplomatic anschluss -- France and Germany are now isolated within the E.U. Indeed, there is now talk that the E.U. may splinter as a result of their anti-American efforts."
Of course, you've heard some of this talk (and I do think it's a lot more than that!) here at TGJ.
And does anyone have to ask if the people in Albania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland didn't think that Ronald Reagan was almost a god when he proclaimed the USSR an "evil empire?"
They know without reading the op eds in the NYSlimes that President Bush is truly "Reagan's Son."