March 18, 2004
Axis of Weasels Inducts New Member
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, incoming Prime Minister of Spain, was inducted this week into the growing Axis of Weasels.
President Jacques Chirac and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder were accompanied by their foreign ministers Dominique de Villepin and Joschka Fischer for three hours of talks at the Elysee palace that focussed on the implications of conservative leader Jose Maria Aznar's dramatic electoral collapse on Sunday.After establishing his bonafides by calling President Bush a liar, and the rationale for the Iraqi invasion a "pack of lies", Zapatero then proceeded to demolish more of his country's foreign policy positions:
By promptly stating his desire to restore "magnificent" relations with France and Germany, his replacement - the Socialist Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero - signalled a major shift in the EU's balance of power back to what US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld referred to as "old Europe," analysts said.
The new socialist-led government in Spain has indicated an immediate softening of Madrid's tough stance on the European Constitution.So, the Spanish have not only elected a weasel, but one who wants to cement them irrevocably into the Franco-German hegemony -- before those annoying Eastern Europeans get a say.
Speaking on Monday (15 March) to radio station Cadena Ser, prime minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that he wants to "speed up" the finishing of talks on the Constitution.
He said he believes that Europe can quickly come to an agreement on a "sensible power balance" for the enlarged EU.
Describing the Europe Union as the natural platform for Spanish foreign policy, Mr Zapatero signalled a dramatic shift in policy from the Aznar administration that was yesterday voted out of power.
"Europe must return to seeing us as an amiable country, a country which is pro-European, a country that does not divide, not between old Europe nor new Europe" he said.
You would think Spain would have learned from the last "Franco-German" alliance..... Posted by Kevin Murphy at March 18, 2004 11:41 AM | TrackBack
Comments
Thanks Kevin for your incisive commentary on the new inductee into the Axis of Weasle.
The Spanish vote was a horrendous travesty, and has sent the ragheads precisely the WRONG message.
Al queda has much more to learn at the hands of our Special Forces, et al. I trust our foces will send many more of them hurrying onto Allah for punishment in the months and years ahead. The more the better.