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To: Ilaine who wrote (74370)	2/15/2003 9:56:09 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Someone needs to tell France they don't run Europe. In the past few weeks, they've threatened almost every country over their strong ties and shared vision with the US. Defiant Iraq spurns French 'alternative' telegraph.co.uk .....In the meantime, Bulgaria has vowed to resist French attempts to bully it into withdrawing support for America's plans to disarm Iraq. Last week the French ambassador to Sofia warned Bulgaria that its pro-American stance could jeopardise its efforts to join the European Union. "Bulgaria has to consider carefully where its long-term interests lie," Jean Loup Kuhn-Delforge said last week. "When people live in Europe they should express solidarity and think European-style." Solomon Pasi, Bulgaria's foreign minister, condemned the French as neo-appeasers. "We all remember the hesitancy of the Allies, who weren't sure whether to attack Hitler. They could have prevented so much," he said. "We're in a situation where we have a moral imperative to act and act now."

To: Ilaine who wrote (74370)	2/15/2003 10:04:30 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

You're throwing mud on one of my idols. Can't argue with you, though; the timing proves your point. WWII was hard on Communists and "fellow-travellers" in the U.S. and W.Europe: first Hitler is an ally, then an enemy. There are almost no pure permanent pacifists. Gandhi, MLK, who else? Most pacifists are against a particular war, for specific reasons. And if those reasons change, then they happily jump on the war bandwagon. For almost everyone in the 600 anti-war demonstrations worldwide today, pacifism is a tactic, not a philosophy.