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July 10, 2005
Richard North: 'Security Begins At Home'
Nile Gardiner and John C. Hulsman of the Heritage Foundation contend in the July 10, 2005 edition of The Business Online that "the Anglo-American alliance stands as the bulwark of western civilisation." Their thesis comes in the wake of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, in which more than 50 people were reportedly killed and hundreds wounded, allegedly by an Al-Qaeda affiliated group.
Gardiner and Hulsman's thesis does not sit well with the prolific Richard North of EU Referendum. Today he published an incisive critique of "Anglo-US alliance: bulwark of our western civilisation." See "Security begins at home" for his dissection of what he calls "a quite extraordinarily naïve and ill-informed op-ed in The Business today--a piece an otherwise sterling newspaper should be ashamed of."
Mr. North's contention is that "it is to the European Union rather than the US that the British government is looking" during the current crisis.
Finally, whether I agree with him or not, I always find Mr. North's commentary refreshing. That's why I highly recommend his critique of Gardiner and Hulsman's thesis.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 10, 2005 12:20 PM
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