This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat. – Tom Paulin
I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion. – Billy Tauzin
Theres a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administrations problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous. – Les Aspin
