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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10500)	12/31/2001 11:51:27 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Good question. I've thought about it, but I'm not sure I know where Russia stands. If anything, I'd say they would stand with Pakistan. And you are right, India is trying to take advantage of a very unstable situation. But then again, India is tired of putting up with terrorist acts within its homeland. Ultimately, India needs to give Kashmiris the right of self-determination as proscribed in the 1947 UN resolution, then accede to their wishes. That would solve the problem once and for all, but India doesn't want to give up the land. Also, Musharaf is no Arafat, that's for sure. He won't blink. He hasn't rattled his saber too much, rather, he's just moved his troops quietly an said that his country would be ready for anything. What side do you think Russia will fall on, if the chips were down?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10500)	12/31/2001 10:52:34 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Evil Belgium explained! Stardate 20011230.1506 The great ambition historically in Europe has been To Rule The World! (sound of maniacal laughter echoes in the background.) You see it all the way from Alexander forward, but in the last couple thousand years it was primarily To Rule Europe (maniacal laughter) with attempts being made by Charlemagne, sundry popes, Henry IV, Louis XIV, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, Bismarck, Hitler, Stalin... And that's by no means a complete list. At various times all the major powers in Europe: The UK, France, Austria, Russia, Prussia and then Germany, have nursed this ambition. (Maniacal laughter) The smaller nations have never had any hope of it, but I've always harbored this sneaking suspiciou that maniacal laughter also echoes in the hallways of the capital buildings of smaller powers, none moreso than Belgium. Belgium, especially in its guise as part of Spanish Netherlands, has been a pawn for centuries. Its primary value has always been that it was wealthy and that it was in the way between here and there so to get there you had to go through Belgium. But it hasn't been a major power in any sense since the heyday of Bruges. And yet. And yet. The Belgians have bided their time, and during the Cold War they saw their chance: NATO headquarters was placed in Brussels, and Belgian influence began to make itself felt. What it could never had achieved militarily could, perhaps, be achieved diplomatically. And with the founding of the EC, its headquarters were placed in Brussels. As the EC evolved into the EU, it remained in Belgium. Surely it is true on paper that all the members have the same degree of influence, but proximity and the inevitable fact that a disproportionate part of the bureaucracy and un-appointed employees are going to be Belgians, and you can tell that Belgium is going to have a lot more influence in practice than anyone else will. And now we see the latest step in Belgium's plan to Rule The World (ml): the introduction of the Euro. And we know this is a Belgian plot because the official announcement and celebration of it will take place at the Belgian Royal Palace. denbeste.nu

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10500)	1/1/2002 10:13:10 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Are the Coke machines working?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10500)	1/1/2002 5:35:01 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23908

Wall Street Journal says Kabul computer revealed files by top al-Qaida officials Another letter on the computer's hard drive sought an interview with a bitter enemy of al-Qaida, the anti-Taliban leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, to be conducted by ``one of our best journalists, Mr. Karim Touzani,'' the Journal said. Massoud was killed by a bomb on Sept. 9 while being interviewed by two men posing as journalists, one carrying a passport in the name of Karim Touzani. www0.mercurycenter.com