US Vice-President Dick Cheney has urged European nations to do more to support
global democracy and defeat terrorism.
But he told business and political leaders that nations had to be prepared to
send troops if persuasion failed. "Just as we must not force you to choose between your European and transatlantic vocations,
you must not sell yourselves short and settle for less than the military capability and influence that your people deserve," he said.
"We must confront the ideologies of violence at the source, by promoting democracy throughout the greater Middle East and beyond," he said.
Eva Biaudet, a Finnish MP and former health minister, said the vice-president had failed to touch upon key issues like "poverty, injustice and development", while she was shocked by what she called Mr Cheney's
"militaristic view of how to get democracy".http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3425285.stm (forgot the link)!