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To: LindyBill who wrote (72763)	2/10/2003 10:11:03 AM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

But we can get rid of the UN and start over again! That's what I vote for. As someone else mentioned, it makes vastly more sense to have a security council that includes India, and even though it is may be dangerous to US interests the UN body should ensure that every major continent has at least one representative on the permanent security council. I think that the UN has proven itself incapable or unwilling to accomplish its mission. It has failed in Africa, in the former Yugoslavia, and in the MiddleEast. It is a sad joke and doesn't deserve ANY funding from US sources! bill@justplainfedup.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (72763)	2/10/2003 10:32:38 AM
From: r.edwards	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT--French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French. The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer. The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline. World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu. Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare: "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's. The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?", but rather "How long until France collapses?" freerepublic.com