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Pastimes : Kosovo -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: truedog who wrote (11481)	6/11/1999 9:24:00 AM
From: MNI	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

truedog: Sorry sorry sorry, I overestimated my command of English. I am not sure what you mean by "representator". Perhaps this is a word common to your vocabulary but not mine. Also, I can't find it in my Webster's. ... When I had still school lessons, the teachers from Germany used to mark me "A". Later I had a Native speaker. She found out I had actually been making up words at a rate like 20 out of 100. I never overcame her "D" again. I am not sure even now, whether "representative" would be good. I wanted to hint indirectly on Chancellor Mr. Schroeder, whose job is partly to represent me as a German to foreign countries. Nevertheless you have already given the answer (implicitly). As to your tirade about the euro there is a language question open: what does "euro" mean in this context? The European Union, more specifically, the single currency "Euro", or more open the European Continent ? There might be other words that are not really in my vocabulary, but whose meaning I understood anyway in that posting to gustave. But for the contents - you are wrong, I wanted some full-hearted reaction, maybe productive to my understanding of foreign policy. Anyway, I think I have provoked it, and now I have to live it up. And it would have been one of my blackest days had I felt I didn't get some response. When you wrote Gus...Personally, I don't give a damn about the economic condition of Europe. - I would like to add:, but American economy needs the Europeans. Neocon termed it a little better... When saying We have bailed their butts out of the fire several times in wars, and they feel absolutely no obligation to us at all. you are totally right in the first half, but the second one is not always and in every place true. Anyway I think your tirade needs to be shouted into European faces from time to time, but the obvious consequence from your side should not be drawn. Maybe you even have the same idea. Now to the other posting: I don't understand why Germany can not provide their share of the men. May be in the end you will be proven right here. Let us all hope so. I know they have an army though maybe smaller than before WW II. Be assured this is so, and that is very good. Since the end of the Cold War the standing army size has been more or less halved. Don't forget the young men go their on duty, not for a job, only ca. 10% are professionals. But those in Kosovo will all be professionals. Maybe they are a little smarter than some others. Maybe they know that this "peacekeeping" force will get some action they do not expect. I don't think we have to be very smart to expect some violent action, and I think you also suspect so. German soldiers are not well-trained or -motivated for this KFOR. Motivation may be there for a friendship game or at worst a humanitarian action, but those boys will run away as soon as targeted. In my view, that is for sure. Maybe in American media it looks different due to the political interest of your president to make plausible the assumption that the Europeans will take over for you and your taxes now. Regards, MNI BTW long sentences and involvedness were frequently reasons for additional critical remarks from my English teacher.