The March 26 Financial Times front page headline proclaimed "EU Leader Condemns US `Road to Hell.'"

The article by Tony Barber in Brussels and Edward Luce in Washington explained:

"European Union hopes for a new era in relations with the U.S. were thrown into chaos yesterday when the holder of the EU presidency condemned American remedies for the global recession as `the road to hell.'

"Mr. Topolawek said EU leaders had been disturbed at a summit in Brussels last week to hear calls from Tim Geithner, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, for more aggressive policies to fight the global downturn.

sure, why not... the war without end - the war on terror - isn't doing much for george's poll numbers and certainly iraq isn't helping him out... let's start banging the same drums we heard prior to shock and awe and see if we can't stir up some action...

   In his sharpest comments to date on the Iranian nuclear crisis, President Bush warned Friday that Iran is seeking to produce nuclear weapons and intends to use them to destroy Israel.