'Kick His Ass And Get The Gas'

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname 021224&fname=chomsky&sid=
1&pn=1

[long article ) I haven't read it yet but it should be interesting to
read]

ISLIN ELICIN

Three prominent anti-war activists recently discussed the impending US
war on Iraq and the global mass movements for NTV – a 24 Hour Turkish
Television Channel. Transcript.

Islin Elicin: I would like to begin with a current issue topic for
Turkey. EU rebuffed US's pressure for early entry talks for Turkey.
Starting from this example, can you elaborate on the rift or maybe
rather the rivalry between the EU and the US?

Tariq Ali: Well, the rift between the US and the EU at the moment
doesn't… It's not the EU as a whole; it's some of the major countries
in the EU, which are extremely nervous about the war. They think it is a
big risk and they know that the bulk of their populations are opposed to
the war. That's you know, in Germany you have 70 percent of the
population is against the war in Iraq, in Italy it's over 50 percent, in
Britain it's over 50 percent. This has never happened before in anti war
history. The people are so hostile to a war.