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Clodius
Hmm?? En återuppstånden Margreth Thatcher som Storbrittaniens premiärminister? Vad hade hon gjort?
Tja det är svårt att veta, men vi kan ju gissa:
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"...The defence budget is one of the very few elements of public expenditure that can truly be described as essential."
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"...Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we were largely responsible for securing liberty for a substantial share of the world's population and defending it for most of the rest."
Nog hade vi varit i bättre skick att skrämma bort ryssen om vi hade haft henne och hennes liknar vid makten, men istället har Europa vaggats in i ett katastrofalt "fred i vår tid"-tänkande som gör att vi inte kan svara effektivt utan amerikansk hjälp.
Det är dock inte säkert att hon varit för att inlemma Ukraina i Europa:
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"It is important not to allow ever wider coalition-building to become an end in itself. As we saw in the Gulf War of 1990, international pressures, particularly those exerted from within an alliance, can result in the failure to follow actions through and so leave future problems unresolved."
Nog digression, detta är nog det mest intressanta uttalandet i dag:
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Merkel: "We want a diplomatic solution... But we must observe that things have gotten more difficult and worse in recent days."