Here here!! Well said!
~~ Stephenie Hamilton Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional CFXHosting -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:30 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Time to pick on the Germans... Well, in general my answer is no, a country should not support the US if and only if the US had provided aid in the past. However, when we look at France and the current situation, we must remember, part of the reason the US went down this path to begin with, is because France made a promise, their ambassador to the UN told Powel they understood resolution 1441 was a precursor to war unless Iraq met the demands swiftly. Similar sentiments came from Russia and Germany. Decisions were made based on what they told us. Now when the US and the British are following through on their promise, the other countries that made similar promises, are no where to be found. Now France is saying they would never support force in Iraq unless chemical weapons had been used, a complete 180 on what they said with 1441. They lied to us and stabbed Powel in the back; that was wrong. Many people in both the US and Britain disagree with the war, but the respective leaders have show evidence that has caused a lot of people to change sides. As we are now in Iraq, and we see some of the things first hand, how the troops are being treated by the civilians, it makes more and more people understand some of the reasons, these things couldn't not have been realized until after the troops were in there. Sometimes people are so against something, it becomes a fault, sometimes, no matter what the problem or the solutions, some times we have to do things we don't agree with to get the job done. Like I said many times before, War is never the "Right" thing to do, but sometimes it is necessary to achieve the goals. If some people don't agree, then that is fine, and in the end if I am wrong, I will eat my words with humility, something I doubt the French or Germans will do. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
