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To: kattracks
We saved them in WW I and WW II, and took over for them in Indochina. If war should spill into their borders this time I sincerely hope not one drop of American blood is shed in their name.
3 posted on 02/10/2003 11:19:11 PM PST by coloradan
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To: coloradan
It would have been nice if not one drop was spent in WWI, WWII (at least the Europeon theater), and Viet Nam. Gratitude is a dog's disease. And the Europeons ain't dogs. No nation has permanent friends or permanent enemies. It only has permanent interests. That France's interests may not coincide with ours should not surprise anyone. We look like adolescents with all this French bashing. I admire them. They act in their interests. We seem to act on "philosophies" and "theories" that have done nothing for this nation but pay for the defense of Europe and certain Asian countries for 50 years that long ago didn't need our protection. How did it come to pass that our "interests" became every spect of the globe? May I suggest they are not? May I suggest that the US has been used as a sucker for a Century - especially by Europe and France? Don't blame the French- elements in this country were more than willing to let us be the sucker. But now that we want the French and Europe in general to go along with our plans to dominate the middle East we get angry that they don't support us? Why should they? Because we foolishly allowed ourselves to be used for years as the shield of Western Europe while they built up their costly welfare socialist states? Doesn't work that way. We have only ourselves to blame for being morons. That they don't support us now should only surprise the naive.
17 posted on 02/11/2003 12:05:55 AM PST by Burkeman1
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