My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.
From Jose Maria Aznar
The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West.
It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers.
Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.
We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.
There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention. This division exists.
The only message that terrorists need to get is that they're going to be beaten.
There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.
But, you know, once you're in government, very often you need to shoulder responsibility. I hope the new Spanish government will think about this and will therefore act accordingly. I really and sincerely hope so.
I'm not going to give President Bush any advice. He knows. He knows what I think.
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