Rumsfeld urges Asians to join US-led war on terror; pledges continued U.S. military presence
ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
Friday, June 4, 2004
(06-04) 21:15 PDT SINGAPORE (AP) --
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld urged Asian nations Saturday to join the United States in taking the offensive against international terrorists, and he offered assurances that planned reductions in U.S. troop levels in Asia are not a sign of waning U.S. interest.
In a speech to an Asian security conference, dubbed the Shangri-La Dialogue, Rumsfeld described the global war on terrorism as a battle against ideological extremism, and he said it had just begun.
"Because it cannot be appeased, it must be confronted on many fronts by all civil societies," he said.
The remark echoed comments he made Friday that any government hoping to "make a separate peace" with terrorists would be mistaken, just as were Europeans who had hoped to appease Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/04/international2125EDT0768.DTL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From the article:
"dubbed the Shangri-La Dialogue...."Is THAT vile or NOT? "Shangri-La Dialogue?" "Dubbed" by whom? The half-witted Tom Delay Republican rioters who stopped the vote recount in Miami-Dade?