The American People Ask, And Legitimately So,

The American People Ask, And Legitimately So, Why Should We Carry The Heavy Burden To Ensure International Peace And Stability. You Also Profit From It, So You Should Also Take Your Share In The Burden. That's Secretary Gates's Message. I Share That Message.

More Than Forty Years Of Communist Rule In Central And Eastern Europe Resulted In An Unhappy And Artificial Division Of Europe. It Is This Dark Chapter Of European History That We Now Have The Opportunity To Close.

Ten Years Ago U.s. Defence Investment Represented Almost Half Of All Defence Expenditure In The Whole Alliance. Today It Is 75%. This Increasing Economic Gap May Also Lead To An Increasing Technology Gap Which Will Almost Hamper The Inter-operability Between Our Forces.

The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Their Means Of Delivery Is A Threat To Both The Nato Allies And Russia.

I Can Hardly Believe What These 12 Caricatures [about Prophet Muhammad] Have Caused In The World. We Danes Feel Like We Have Been Placed In A Scene In The Wrong Movie. But I Don't See The Fight As A Clash Of Civilizations. Rather, We Must Focus On Avoiding Exactly This Type Of Conflict. We Have To Return To Dialogue, To Mutual Understanding And To An Acknowledgement Of Freedom Of Opinion.