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To: William B. Kohn who wrote (73801)2/14/2003 9:13:55 AM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 281500
 
Frum's take on the UN today.

Will Blix Blink

Hans Blix reports back to the UN Security Council today. Much of they hype is wrong. He does not arrive with war or peace in his grasp, the United States will do what it needs to do whatever Blix says. But he may yet sway the fate of the Atlantic Alliance. A strong Blix report may give France and Germany a face-saving way to retreat from their dangerously anti-American isolation. Schroeder and Chirac could concede to the UN what they could never concede to the U.S. alone. On the other hand, a weak Blix report would offer the French and Germans no way out. The quarrel between them and the U.S. would drag on and on, poisoning relations for many years. It's a heavy responsibility for one Swiss civil servant to bear.

nationalreview.com



To: William B. Kohn who wrote (73801)2/14/2003 9:19:00 AM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Hi Bill,
As an aside as a young man i remember gasoline at 25-30 cents. If one factors in inflation at 5X since the sixties, and mile per gallon improvement as a triple(from 8 to 25mph), gas would have to be $4.50 per gallon in the US to be as expensive in real money as it was in 1968. Remember those saturday nite dates when you stopped in at the Texaco and asked for a dollars worth? mike@thegoodolddays.com


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