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To: Elsewhere who wrote (70206)	1/30/2003 8:59:54 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

JJ, As maurice pointed out yesterday regarding WW2, the US is often late to the table and when we appear we tend to take over. But i think you would agree that doesnt make US participation any less critical. I would maintain regarding iraq that france and germany will be the ones this time who are late to the table as dinner is already being prepared. mike

To: Elsewhere who wrote (70206)	1/30/2003 9:52:17 AM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes, Germany woke up in the Munich Olympics, to terrorism, looked around and went back to sleep. After all you let the terrorists escape rather than deal with the issue. Wimps then, wimps now! If what you did was waking up, then I'm glad that GWB doesn't drink what you guys were drinking then. I was in Germany then, I hated the fact that a Western Government was afraid to deal responsibly with that situation. It is a perfect example of how the Europeans deal with terrorism and how we ought not follow in their footsteps. One can easily argue that the appeasement given to Black September, went a long way to killing hundreds of others in the years to follow. Sorry, Jochen, I like you, but the handling of Black September was just as bad as re-electing Schroeder!