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Well, not really...
So, a watered down reposte from the UN and now snafu from Eurodisney... Could it be the echoes of WMD's and false evidence reverberating?
I guess Tone had to learn you can fool some of 'em some of the time but not all of 'em all the time... I thought we supposed to be at the helm of Euroland?
European foreign ministers failed last night to back Britain in a threat to freeze the eur14 billion trade in exports to Iran, as the hostage crisis descended into a propaganda circus...
Tony Blair could only issue a new statement of disgust as Iran tormented him with another sailor's video confession and a fresh letter from the young mother detainee.
A first written message from the Tehran Government offered some hope of a deal, but time is running out before the Iranian new year holiday ends and militant students and politicians return to business.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Germany called for the sailors to be freed but ruled out any tightening of lucrative export credit rules. The EU is Iran's biggest trading partner. British officials are understood to have taken soundings on economic sanctions before the meeting but found few takers...
So, a watered down reposte from the UN and now snafu from Eurodisney... Could it be the echoes of WMD's and false evidence reverberating?
I guess Tone had to learn you can fool some of 'em some of the time but not all of 'em all the time... I thought we supposed to be at the helm of Euroland?