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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (11495)	2/13/2002 6:48:07 AM
From: William B. Kohn	Respond to of 23908

Who cares? Its about time you guys start paying taxes to us anyway instead of living on global welfare. America doesn't contribute enough to foreign aid....What are all our solgiers do over there? Protecting what? Europe Whom from? Europeans, naturally. Do they really need protection? Duh, what about Bosnia, Kosovo, etc. Besides without us, Belgium would be flying a Red Flag with a Black swasticka on it. Just the way a Gustave would have liked it! American forces in Saudi and Kuwait, Hmmm. Who uses that oil anyway? US (a little) Europe and Japan (the rest). Did you really pay your share of our support for your oil consumption. Once again, the European freeloader can open his mouth, but can't find his wallet. bill Just shut up, or pay up. That ought to be America's new foreign policy. What the heck? Treating you any differently isn't going to make you like us more, your too envious.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (11495)	2/13/2002 10:59:10 AM
From: epsteinbd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

So, Central euro states have turned pro Saadam again. Huber Vedrine must hope to sell Saddam a new nuclear plant, the third one... As the french foreign policy still tells us that the first two plants were for civilian purposes swear to god/no question about it it : Saddam was only thinking of protecting his people supply of energy another generation away. Trust the Green Party. After all is it not much better than Baader Meinhof, Gemutlische Freund ?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (11495)	2/14/2002 6:31:55 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

The Europeans don't matter a hill of beans when it comes to Iraq. Turkey and Russia, are another matter, along with the Arab states. Saddam recently made an unprecedented statement of support for Iran, its fellow in the "axis of evil." Now when has Saddam done such a thing since 1980? He's feeling the heat. Aziz got snubbed by the Russians, whose position on Iraq literally changed overnight after the State of the Union speech by Bush. Putin has publicly stated that Iraq "may be" a dangerous WMD proliferator and most definately needs to let inspectors back in. Turkey has stepped up planned military exercises with the US and the planned upgrade of a second base capable of sustained US operations. Saddam's neighbors and traditional defenders are running for the hills. The Europeans can bleat all they want, the ones that count have already abandoned him! Besides, we're not acting alone. We're LEADING, I believe it is called. The US is setting the agenda, and telling everyone to hop on board, but if they don't, we don't care, we don't need you anyhow. Isn't that principled leadership, that the Europeans always blather on about when the US starts making noises about withdrawing troops from every corner of the globe (the self-same troops the Europeans were so clever to say have caused so much resentment, and made us deserve Sept 11th)? Which is it? Shall the US "lead" and do the dirty work Europe never has the balls to do? Or are we arrogant bullies, telling everyone what to do? I'm glad my ancestors emigrated to America. Y'all Europeans are schizophrenic. Derek