Some interesting quotes:
The Arsenals of Democracy:
The arsenals of democracy are deep. We are not anywhere near running out. We can fight this for months and months, if not years.
-- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Harry Shelton
-------------------------------------------- Clinton the weather-historian:
Historically, the weather is better in May than in April, better in June than in May, better in July than in June.
-- U.S. President Bill Clinton on last Thursday
------------------------------------------ A reason why geography should be re-introduced in the American public school system:
NATO had destroyed the last remaining bridge over the Danube in the city of Novi Sad: Kosovo is becoming even more isolated from Serbia.
-- Jamie Shea, NATO spokesman
(Novi Sad is more than 300miles from Kosovo, and there is no bridge over Danube necessary to reach Kosovo from Belgrade) --------------------------------------------
The reverend Solana speaking:
Bombardment of Yugoslavia is an attempt to defend moral values 21st century Europe would cherish.
-- Xavier Solana ---------------------------------------------
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We do know that we must do more to reach out to our children and teach them to express their anger and to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
-- Bill CLinton (on Colorado high-school shootings...)
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This is old, but still funny:
He dropped his bomb in good faith, as you would expect of a trained pilot from a democratic country.
-- NATO officials, explaining bombing of a refugee convoy.
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The train was on or near the bridge, but it was not the target!
-- NATO officials, explaining bombing of a passanger train. --------------------------------------
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