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To: unclewest who wrote (81994)	3/14/2003 7:27:37 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

with our promise to defend Taiwan likely to be an empty one, I don't think the Chinese would be nuts enough to invade Taiwan, but you never know, do you? Let's hope not. They really don't have the Navy to do it. One of our Carrier Task Forces would be able to stop them. Waikiki is overflowing with Sailors off the Nimitz this week, which is at Pearl right now. I think Taiwan, or off NK, is where they are headed.

To: unclewest who wrote (81994)	3/14/2003 6:26:08 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

A couple of shots reflecting similar spirit and circumstances as you describe, during that same time period in Prague (credit: reknowned photog, Michal Daniel): proofsheet.com proofsheet.com "I learned that all of the East Europeans thought things would improve overnight. But my old Berlin friends were dismayed at the refugee inflow, The crime rate increases, the street gypsies (non Germans) and the inevitable tax increases to pay for new infrastructure in the East. While driving down the Ku-Damm and observing the clear shift to a lower standard, I recall thinking and writing the easy days are over for the West Germans. Russian soldiers were selling their uniforms and equipment to get money for food and beer. Gypsies set up shop under the Brandenburg Gate to resell the items to tourists. The German press was so positive...yet the streets told a much different story."