Whenever an international event hits the news, the leaders of Europe's nations are quick to go on camera and give their views. They are in favor of this and against that, to oversimplify what the leaders say. But today, as Israel continues its second day of attacks against Hamas and whoever else its forces have killed or wounded in Gaza, most EU leaders were silent. In France, Sarkozy called for both sides to stop the violence, and even that was more than most European governments said publicly. One country's leadership did speak out. The prime minister of Turkey, one of the few Muslim countries to have relations with Israel, called the air assault a "crime against humanity."