American action versus European appeasement

Seems Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Volker has been busy today:

In EUPolitix, about the Syrian embassy attacks:

“That does not happen by accident; there has to be some kind of acceptance by the state to let that kind of demonstration to go ahead,” US deputy secretary for European affairs, Kurt Volker told reporters on Monday.

In the Washington Post:

"I don't believe there is a question of legitimacy for Europe, the United States or others to apply sanctions."

Compare his attitude to that of Spanish prime minister Jose Barosso, who today writes in the International Herald Tribune, along with prime minister Recep Erdogan of Turkey:

(Hat tip: Peaktalk; Barcepundit.)

Choosing my holiday destination this year is getting easier by the minute. I think I'll settle for Copenhagen (with sincere apologies towards any female readers who until now maybe thought I was capable of reproducing through agamogenesis).

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