Spineless as a Jellyfish

Posted on 8/27/2005 by Chirol

The Economist has some truly vitriolic smack down up regarding Europe’s reaction to the Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan:

If so, the European Union has risen to the occasion as grandly as it did over Bosnia, Iraq and on so many other occasions: with a display of spinelessness worthy of a sea full of jellyfish. First, in June, it demanded that Uzbekistan submit to an international investigation to determine precisely what happened in Andijan. Failure to comply by July 1st, it terrifyingly threatened, might lead to a “partial suspension”Â? of the PCA. Some countries wanted to go so far as to threaten a visa ban for (some) Uzbek officials and possibly even an arms embargo””?but that was reckoned to be a bit too tough.

July 1st came and went, as did August 1st. Still the EU has done nothing. It has tried to send a ranking bureaucrat, one Jan Kubis, to take a look: but Uzbekistan has refused to let him go to Andijan. Fortunately, outfits such as Human Rights Watch, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe have proved more enterprising than Mr Kubis””?so there is no excuse to be made that the EU does not have a pretty good idea of what happened.

Read the rest here.

The British seem to be the only ones in Europe who get it. Europe has continued to prove that it is actually one of the biggest contributers to instability and conflict due to its inaction. I’m coming close to adding an “Appeasement” category to ComingAnarchy’s list.

About Chirol

Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852 - 1929) was a journalist, prolific author, world historian, and British diplomat. He began his career as a foreign correspondent and later became editor of the London Times. After two decades as a journalist he joined Her Majesty's Foreign Ministry as a diplomat and was subsequently knighted for his distinguished service as a foreign affairs advisor. Additionally, he wrote a dozen books on foreign affairs including The Far Eastern Question (1896), Serbia and the Serbs (1914), The End of the Ottoman Empire (1920) and The Egyptian Problem (1921). He is generally credited with popularizing "Middle East" in reference to the Arabian Peninsula with his book The Middle Eastern Question (1903). "Chirol" is a US citizen and graduate student studying Defense and Strategic Studies and government contractor. As with the historical Chirol, he has traveled to over two dozen countries and lived abroad for many years. Chirol speaks English and German fluently with basic knowledge of manyl of others.
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3 Responses to Spineless as a Jellyfish

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  2. Curzon says:
    8/28/2005 at 2:15 am

    I think that much of this blog is dedicated to eviscerating the utter crap arguments of many on the self-righteous Left — not to mention that an “appeasement” category would require us to comb through our archives to recategorize!

    But thanks for pointing out this most excellent Economist article. Amen.

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