Tzvetan Todorov on European values against terrorism

The Franco-Bulgarian philosopher Tzvetan Todorov believes the Old World would be better placed to fight terrorism than the United States. "Although America is stronger than the European Union in terms of conventional weapons, the EU's ability to combat terrorism is greater than that of the US. Europe's history gives it a political maturity that has spared it the Manichean view of the world according to Bush. A view that instead of destroying the enemy has strengthened it. For geographical reasons, Europe has better knowledge of Arabic and Muslim countries whose people are also more familiar to it. And in its defence of the values its holds dear it can and must prevail. It could even draw therefrom the fresh motivation it sorely needs to bolster its own unity."

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