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To: marcos who wrote (122953)	1/9/2004 3:11:14 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Marcos, If you look at the orginal post I was responding to - it was making the preposterous claim that the emergence of freedom and democracy in eastern and southern Europe was an entirely North Western European phenomena. I never stated anything about Germany, nor did I credit Reagan or any other president or country as the sole 'winner' of the cold war. These debating tricks of rebutting points I never made belong entirely to Win. As to the original Schäuble piece - yes I agree with you and enjoyed the article. This whole thread began when I responded to Jacobs comments and Win responded from left field (in its orthoginal rather than political sense). I hate having words put in my mouth. If I kept responding to posts you made with trite comments about something you hadn't even argued, I suspect you would get upset as well. His general thesis seems that my original point is shared by those he calls neoconservative warmongers so I must be one. The corollory is that since his arguments are also supported by anti-semites - he must be one. Why you would jump in to defend this idiot is beyond me. John