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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (31229)	10/8/2001 1:30:44 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The Gulf War comes to mind.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (31229)	10/8/2001 2:20:14 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Respond to of 82486

But militarily, this may be the first time... I was thinking of the Gulf War, Chris, where I think Britain gave a more than proportionate share of the air strikes, based on the respective sizes of the two armed forces. I think there may have some other instances in the past half-century. I thought we let Britain down in their war in Falklands, when we were pretty neutral between them and Argentina. If the tables had been reversed, I think Britain would have taken our side regardless of their interests in the other side. I just like this spirit, where you take your best friend's side without analyzing everything first. We all need friends that we can count on like that. JC