Rice’s European troubleshooting fails threefold

The continuing controversy over US "secret prisons” and abductions in Europe - coupled with Condoleezza Rice’s failure to clear the air - has made life difficult for European governments, but created even more perils for the US’s attempt to put transatlantic relations on an even keel.

In her response to allegations about the Central Intelligence Agency’s activities in Europe, the US secretary of state failed to get to grips with European perceptions that President George W. Bush’s America is a wild, brutal place that contrasts with the peaceful, law-abiding EU.

Ms Rice’s statement this week included three big legal arguments, all of which fell far short of bringing the debate to a close....

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Guess our EU friends are smarter than our USA Red State voters. In the EU they recognize the repetitive BushSpin for what it is.