IT is reported that Tony Blair has launched an emergency diplomatic offensive to persuade nervous EU partners to back American plans to combat terrorism.

France, Germany, Italy and Belgium, among others, who, for all their fine words, are already losing their nerve re the proposed war on terrorism. We are supposed to be The European UNION, yet, by their actions, these countries show the true face of the EU, all mouth and no guts, until it should happen to them.

A P Tobias

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