European politicians and Media are worried over campaign of propaganda and aggression by US against Iran. They are of the view that US military action will plunge the region into crisis.
Former German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer warns against repeating what he euphemistically terms the Bush administration’s "mistakes" in Iraq by seeking "regime change" in Teheran and extending hostilities into Iran.
One of Germany’s leading weekly publications, Die Zeit. Referring to Bush, Ladurner writes:
"He is weak, that is correct, but that is by no means any guarantee that he will not plunge into a further adventure. Quite the opposite, his weakness is a danger. It is precisely the disaster in Iraq that could induce the Bush government to carry the war over the borders of Iraq, into the middle of Iran."
.
Washington pressures Europe to break links with Iran
Washington is also increasing pressure on European companies and governments to break commercial and financial relations with Iran.
According to a report in the New York Times, one senior US administration official declared, "We are telling the Europeans that they need to go way beyond what they’ve done to maximize pressure on Iran."
The official went on, however, to complain about the European reaction:
"The European response on the economic side has been pretty weak."