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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (112158)8/20/2003 4:33:27 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "That means France, Germany, and other members will be pressed to participate, and on terms favorable to the current US leadership role."

Now let me guess. This was right when your alarm clock rang and you woke up? Neither Germany nor France is going to send troops to help out in Iraq, especially under US leadership. The only reason they sent troops to Afghanistan was cause they were welcomed by the Afghans, and if the Taliban keeps resurging they'll pull out of that too.

This whole argument that our allies are going to come give us a hand in an important war (required to save civilization) applies to the Vietnam war, where our allies, despite the evident falling of the first domino, left us to keep the dominoes vertical on our own.

-- Carl

P.S. Ever notice that it is a lot easier to knock dominoes over than it is to keep them standing? That's part of the advantage that the terrorists / sabotagers in Iraq have over us.
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