--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Conscience? LOL!! The French vote their wallet, just like all other > nations do. The fact that the French wallet is often in competition > with the American wallet leads to our conflicts, not any mystical > French conscience.
The French also vote from their experience. Historically, the French have more experience dealing with terrorism than any other country; it started with Morocco in the 1950s and continued on from there. And along the way they have made almost every mistake a nation could pos- sibly make dealing with terrorism, and have learned a little in the process about what works and what only makes things worse. It was on that basis that they rejected the rush to war on Iraq. There *were* economic issues involved, such as the absolute certainty that the moment the US went in all existing contracts with France would be declared null and void, whether France was "on board" or not (that was determined as a result of French intelligence reports of what US leaders were planning even before the rush to war was announced), but the bottom line is that the French are not gonna get involved with another unwinnable war against people who are fight- ing for their own country, and they're going to advise their friends not to do so, either. It was the choice of the US, acting like an out-of- control drug addict who has hit his friends up for more money to buy drugs and has been told No, to consider the friend trying to help them an enemy. Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
