January 31, 2003 • Page Image 35
…Old Europe's Appeasing Ways Philadelphia eading French politicians made some remarkably defeatist pro- nouncements last week. Rejecting any U.S. military action against Iraq, President Jacques Chirac said, "War is always the admis- sion of defeat, and is always the worst of solutions. And hence everything must be done to avoid it." Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin put it more emphatically: "Nothing justifies envisag- ing military action...…

















































