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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (97108)	5/1/2003 5:49:34 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

I read an article that says the towns in germany are upset with Schroeder's stance that was why I questioned the whole thing. Also you got Churchill's son running around here on cable tv being critical of France , Germany.. "The British are actively disliked by many of the millions of Irish Americans." This is nuts..... he is trying to support his paper .. Hell, what is population in England that is Irish for crying out loud. How many Irish for the past fifty years left Ireland to go to England to work.. Did they return? No.. they are still over there and their grandchildren.. Same here with the states.. There is no resentment , but for a minority like any race , that may hold some resentment.. This guy lost my attention with the bull. ps my wife is from Ireland,, two brother in laws were from Ireland.. Never heard a bad word spoken of English but then it was never part of any subjects in the first place.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (97108)	5/1/2003 6:01:12 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>Germany announced they were going to downsize the military and only use military for peace keeping<< regarding the Bruxelles meeting, one unnamed German top brass said "it was the right idea only at the wrong time". What has been ignored, were agreements on common logicstics, sea defence etc. This way hopefully more money will be left in Germany for instance, for hardware (transport planes have to be paid too, not just ordered for instance)and in general to adjust the structure of the armed forces in such a way that peace missions will be easier to take on and support. >>pulling troops out of Germany<< I know for sure the number of places is being cut down. Fact is, 50 years after the end of WWII and 1o+ years after the fall of the wall, Germany is not a peace problem anymore. GIs (and the accompanying local jobs) are needed more elsewhere. RegZ dj