SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Support the French! Viva Democracy!

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: gwb-trading who wrote (1327)6/24/2003 11:35:45 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (2) of 7841
 
Hundreds of churches are attacked in the US every year, it keeps the FBI very busy (mostly by white supremacist groups, it seems). Books with wacky theories on 9/11 and everything else abound in America. You don't offer any proof of fundraising support, but various US groups have supported terrorists like the IRA for decades (and a fair amount of Islamic terror too, most likely).

If those are your criteria, then France is no different than America - you just have an emotional need to paint that picture. Did you know that visa applications to visit the US are down 15-20% in the past year because of the way many foreigners feel they are treated there now?

Someone mentioned oil companies earlier too. Between US oil companies and the CIA, the US is directly responsible for much of the carnage in the Angolan civil war, including thousands of amputees maimed by landmines. We played both sides, took the oil dollars and let the ordinary people get nailed, as usual.

The moral goody-baddy game in international relations is meaningless among the major powers. They all have lots of dirty laundry.

It's all on the record if you dig up both sides.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext