The Wit and Wisdom of Peter Jennings

"We're going to begin this evening with the Bush administration and its allies. It is quite clear in Washington tonight that the administration is prepared to jeopardize its relations with several of its oldest and best friends in order to get its way about Iraq."

--ABC's Peter Jennings introducing the February 19 World News Tonight.

I find it more striking that many of our oldest allies are willing to endanger their relationship with us to protect (even if that is not the stated goal, it is the result) a totalitarian (not a word I use lighlty) dictator.

Source: Research Center