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...still feeling burned by the Bush Administration's rejection of multilateral initiatives like the Kyoto accords on global warming, treaties on biological and chemical weapons and the International Criminal Court. They want to register their objections to "regime change" in Iraq early, before an American military campaign becomes a fait accompli. "Much of the solidarity expressed for the U.S. after Sept. 11 has been whittled away," says one E.U. diplomat. "The standing of the Bush Administration is quite low in Europe, and many Europeans feel that a military attack on Iraq is yet another expression of American unilateralism." Be that...
...begun; White House officials said this week that the administration is committed to overthrowing Saddam Hussein, and will do the job alone if necessary. But the tough talk may be designed to force America's almost universally reluctant allies to fall in behind Washington by presenting them with a fait accompli - the geopolitical equivalent of "if you build it, they will come...
Exactly. Nevertheless, the Bush Administration was loudly warning last week that national missile defense is virtually a fait accompli. It's coming, whatever...
Since Kissinger can hardly hide his disdain for these new issues, the best he does is to again choose the safe course. He covers his bases by paying lip-service to the emerging emphasis on human rights and other new issues, accepting them only as fait accompli...
...America's gargantuan military power that literally dwarfs that of its combined allies or foes, and by virtue of its status as the premier polluter of the planet's atmosphere. The Europeans may not like his position on missile defense or Kyoto, but by stating both as a fait accompli he has forced them to respond...