posted on March 7, 2003 12:46:05 AM new
It's true. The French have been smuggling components for the new three-hundred-and-forty-millimeter Lepage gun to Iraq. It glues a whole formation of planes together in mid-air.
Politicians yesterday expressed dismay at the Guardian's disclosure that a key Iraqi chemical warfare plant was built by a British firm as more facts emerged about the UK's help in arming Saddam Hussein with nerve gas ingredients.
Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrats' widely respected foreign affairs spokesman, said it made it harder for Britain to invoke the moral high ground in launching a war.
posted on March 7, 2003 08:30:09 AM new
So has America....Cigarettes and more.
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic ervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both boldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
- Julius Caesar
posted on March 7, 2003 09:57:14 AM new
Yes, ebayauctionguy, those are similar to reports I've previously read. And when I've made general statements of those reports, have found myself accused of exaggerating. The non-believers will never believe. All countries, other than their own, are principled nations.
posted on March 7, 2003 10:07:25 AM new
Both France and Germany's economies are in a socialist mess. The city of Berlin is actually bankrupt. Several of their banks are in real trouble and the credit ratings of a couple major corporations were reduced last week. Everytime they attempt to change socialist policies, the people take to the streets.
They are depending on hard currency from trade with Iraq to prop up their socialist ecomomy and will sell them anything.
posted on March 7, 2003 12:08:52 PM new
REAMOND,You have just described the United States of America.And before any rallys pooh poohing my statement,I emplore you to do some reading on our economic state of affairs.
This is what I see daily,where is the bottom?
posted on March 7, 2003 12:20:35 PM new
Far from the position of America. Our economy is far larger and far more resilient than either France or Germany because we do not have the huge socialist system to prop up that they do.
No other economy in the wolrd could have absorbed the Enron, Worldcom and other loses. The US absorbed those loses and still leads the world economically.
While our economy has some problems, it is nothing in comparison to France and Germany.
posted on March 7, 2003 12:32:15 PM new
REAMOND,It is a matter of time, before we end up in the same hole, as the other Countrys.All the saber rattleing is weakening the stock market,when we do war,there will be nothing to hold the markets up.
People will not be spending,they arent really now,the big malls are empty.Our dollar is weak,and there is nothing to back it.There is another bubble fixing to burst in the near future,houseing,on top of depression following close behind.
posted on March 7, 2003 07:50:06 PM new
They news outlets are breaking the news now that French companies have been shipping Mirage fighter parts and attack helicopter parts to Iraq through the UAE. Meanwhile the French say they will block a vote on the new US/UK/Spain resolution!! In an interview Henry Kissinger said it unheard of that "allies" would take such an active overt action. He said we must review our commitment to the French. Our former UN ambassador said that the President wants a vote because he wants it on record who our supporters and who our enemies are. He predicted the war will start soon and afterward there will be a total reassessment of our relationship with Europe!
posted on March 8, 2003 06:57:44 AM new
I got this e-mail today. I'm not going to investigate it. No need. I just wanted to show how others feel about the French.
Severe Earthquake in France ~ American Battle Monuments Commission
Today it was reported that a severe earthquake has occurred in
central France. The severity was measured in excess of 10 on the
Richter Scale.
The cause was the 56,681 dead American soldiers, buried in French
soil, rolling over in their graves. According to the American Battle
Monuments Commission there are 26,255 Yankee dead from World War I
buried in four cemeteries in France. There are 30,426 American dead
from World War II buried in six cemeteries in France.
These 56,681 brave American heroes died in their youth to liberate a
country which is guilty of shameful, unspeakable behavior in the 21st
century. May the United States of America never forget their
sacrifice as we find ways to forcefully deal with the God-forsaken,
turncoat country of France!
Amen,
Reverend Colin
[ edited by colin on Mar 8, 2003 06:58 AM ]
