Home truths for European allies
Condoleezza Rice will spell out some home truths when she arrives in Germany today amid growing uproar over the US “rendition” of terrorist suspects, alleged CIA secret prisons in Europe and claims of tacit connivance by Britain and other European governments.
Far from apologising or admitting error, the US secretary of state is expected to privately tell Europe’s leaders not to make a fuss about CIA activities which, she will argue, form a key part of the post-9/11 “war on terror” to which they all signed up. Administration officials briefing at the weekend told the Washington Post that the American line will be that “we’re all in this together and you need to look at yourselves as much as us … people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”.
guardian.co.uk
December 5th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
""we’re all in this together and you need to look at yourselves as much as us … people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones"
* i think that is the most truthful thing i have ever heard come out of the mouth of the Bush administration.