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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (75679)2/19/2003 3:32:31 PM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 

And that rude rejection of W. European interests, is exactly why we won't have a division of French tanks alongside us when our army crosses the Iraqi border.


What material objections were rudely rejected? It is the very lack of seriousness that demonstrates that Chirac is playing an internal political game.

Remember Blair standing up at the EU dinner the other night, looking each leader in the eye and saying "All you intelligence agencies know what WMD Saddam has". It is Chirac that is being rude and duplicitous and you want to honour him.

Paul



To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (75679)2/19/2003 4:39:15 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
OT-Re Kyoto...Remember Jacob...This was not passed by the US House nor the US Senate during the 8 year Clinton Administration....If you do some research on Kyoto, you will see why. It was faulty, and certainly not good for the US. BTW, there is AMPLE material on the web, pro and con, on Kyoto...



To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (75679)2/19/2003 6:09:30 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Jochen - the Kyoto treaty was dead in the water even when Clinton was President. The US Senate vote against it was unanimous (95-0). Even the most liberal Democrat Senator would not vote for it.



To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (75679)2/20/2003 4:58:07 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 281500
 
And that rude rejection of W. European interests, is exactly why we won't have a division of French tanks alongside us when our army crosses the Iraqi border

It's not even an issue. The Europeans knew as well as any that Kyoto was a dead goose. The US Senate wouldn't ratify the albatross, so the whole "Bush made them mad because he pissed on their parade" rings very hollow.

Derek