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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
26 Sep 2004 05:52:22 AM |
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OT: Bush builds his Versailles as the poor go to ruin |
Expert View: Bush builds his Versailles as the poor go to ruin
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/comment/story.jsp?story=565708
By Christopher Walker
26 September 2004
Dinner on the roof of the Palazzo Scacchi, on a warm Rome night. Here,
the cream of the Italian business and political elites mix in a
cocktail of power. Nowhere is the intimate connection between those
two worlds better understood. On this night, the British Ambassador to
Italy's unguarded comment that "Bush is al-Qa'ida's best recruiting
sergeant" finds unanimous approval. But the conversation is equally
emotive as we discuss what his re-election would mean for the US
economy.
Four years ago, most Europeans felt that in both foreign and economic
policy there was little to choose between the two US presidential
candidates. I disagreed, arguing that Mr Bush's agenda of tax cuts and
aggressively increased military spending would be ineffective. I was
wrong: it has been disastrous.
Christopher Walker
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