Bill Clinton om USAs utrikespolitk

The Independent i England har ett kort referat av ett tal som Bill Clinton har hållit i Brasilien:

His world view was one of the US supporting "the World Criminal Court, the comprehensive test ban treaty, the Kyoto [Protocol] and other international efforts". It included "promoting health, education and democracy as part of an anti-terrorism strategy". He added that those international organisations need to be strengthened.

Mr Clinton was speaking to 1,000 or so Brazilian business and political leaders at the inauguration of an institute set up by the former Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso.

"Democracy cannot be imposed - the Iraqis have to want it," he said. He backed the Bush decision to go to war in Afghanistan to "root out" al-Qa'ida, but "we have to make more partners and fewer terrorists". Co-operation and ensuring democracy benefited the world's poor would help combat terrorism.

Referatet visar hur oändlig distansen mellan resten av världen och Bush idag är. Just det faktum att Bush-regeringen utrikespolitik idag helt är baserad på unilaterell militärmakt gör den enastående farlig.