Bush is set to pledge that the United States will respect human rights in his war on terror, according to the draft of a final statement for the EU-US summit Wednesday that comes with Europeans complaining about US treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
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The draft of the joint statement by Bush and European Union leaders says: "Consistent with our common values, we will ensure that measures taken to combat terrorism comply fully with our international obligations, including human rights law, refugee law and international humanitarian law.
"We attach great importance to our ongoing in-depth dialogue and our common fight against terrorism and our respected domestic and international legal obligations," according to extracts of the text read to AFP.
The text does not specifically mention Guantanamo, which the United States insists is needed in the war against terror.
'All hat, no cattle', as they say in Texas.
While he's over there, someone should send him on a side trip to The Hague.
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