Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-07-08-Speech-2-066"
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I knew I had two minutes but shall not dwell on that. I wish to thank Mr Brie for the commitment and enthusiasm he has invested in this report, and would appeal to him not to withdraw his name from it because he did a very good job of work, along with the other shadow rapporteurs and myself. To say what? To do what, at such a crucial moment for Afghanistan? What happened yesterday demonstrates that the commitment of Europe and others to Afghanistan is of the utmost importance.
What we demand in this report is, firstly, a stronger commitment in terms of military presence, because without that we shall get nowhere; secondly, a stepping-up of the commitment to improve democratic structures in the new Republic of Afghanistan, which has fallen into a situation of total lawlessness over the past 30 or more years and, worst of all, lies at the heart of international terrorism.
When we began to turn our attention to the phenomenon of international terrorism after September 11
we went into Afghanistan and then Iraq and found that we had entered a viper’s nest. The last outpost – like Hitler in his Berlin bunker, as it were – of terrorists in the world at the moment is Afghanistan. They are trying to regroup, taking revenge in Afghanistan for the defeat they have suffered and are still suffering in Iraq.
We in the European Parliament can send out a message along these lines if as many of us as possible vote in favour of this report."@en1
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