Tuesday, March 31, 2009

FLG Is Of Mixed Mind On His Possible Attendance At This Event:

The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)
invites you to a discussion:

The Future of NATO

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
ICC Auditorium – 10:30 a.m.

a discussion with

His Excellency
José María Aznar
Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership, Georgetown University
President of the Government of Spain (1996-2004)

2 comments:

alan_howe said...

Irresistible, except for the danger that the President will encourage you with comments heralding the dissolution of the alliance only to shout at the end "April Fools!"

Anonymous said...

From these sources:
Lucia Kubosova "NATO should focus on counter-terrorism, former Spanish leader says". EU observer, November , 2005

Gareth Harding "UPI Interview: Former Spanish Prime Minister Aznar". WP Herald, December , 2005

Gareth Harding "Analysis: 'Zombie' NATO springs to life". UPI, December , 2005


This:
Jose Maria Aznar has described the NATO alliance as a zombie organization that needs to reform or is going to die. He said that in order to fight the “dark forces” of Islamic terrorism NATO needs to take in like-minded nations such as Australia, Israel, Japan, and create a strategic association with regional powers such as India and Colombia.

I can’t imagine him topping that although he’s had three years to develop new material.


George Pal

 
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