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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (116684)	10/12/2003 10:13:36 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

<<Canada >>> Proud possessor of the largest Uranium deposits on earth, and provider of the famed yellow cake (to be used for peaceful puposes only) Owner of the famous Athabasca Tar Sands, containing nearly 1 trillion barrels of oil, enough to furnish all needs of the US for the next 143 years even if here were no other sources of gas or oil. Hardly worth protecting , I suppose, while the friendly US lives next door Sig

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (116684)	10/12/2003 11:20:18 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 281500

Good Guys: China Are you serious? Tianamen Square. Tibet. Vietnam. The Korean War. Taiwan. (except for Tibet I see. They get overrun by the People's Army, have the audacity to complain, and they're bad guys. Europe, mostly The locus of almost all the major wars for the last 500 years. Among each other. (UK A democracy and a loyal US ally. Poland POLAND?????? WHAT DID THEY DO? TRY TO HOLD OFF THE NAZIS WITH LANCERS ON HORSES???? S. Korea Becaus they lost the juevos to hold off the jerks to the north? Is that why? Japan (although there are worrisome signs they are abandoning their defensive military posture) About bloody time. Latin America, since their armies have mostly stopped their habit of Disappearing opponents, and never did foreign adventures. Never? You and a history book need to have a talk. Or a read. But let me cite a recent example: Falkland Islands. Canada Interesting. Part of NATO and NORAD. The US aggressors war machines. New Zealand Maoris? The Bad Actors in the world today are: U.S. Right. We have a very large empire. Or maybe not when you look at what we COULD have. Israel They have a bad habit at shooting at Arab armies that come invading. India For what? Defending themselves? Russia A failed superpower that wants to make a comeback. any Muslim nation or organization that supports Jihad Which is all of them. most African "nations", most of which are failed random-assortment collections of tribes that hate each other Fair enough. Let me leave you peaceniks with some words of wisdom: ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF WAR.