########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the warning! Thanks for being concerned > about us from the safety of Canada. I wish you were > just as concerned about the fate of almost 25 > million > Iraqis, who have never experienced the freedom and > democracy that you seem to take for granted. But > don't you think the Goans in US are more capable of > arriving at a rational decision of whether to stay > or leave, than you mis-informed anti-Americans, who > seem to so strongly oppose the effort to bring > freedom and democracy to that embattled region? Mario, My real concern is centred on the fate of American teenagers that are being sent to Iraq. Last night, I stopped at a gas station in Terre Haute, Indiana. There was a flyer above the cash register begging for support for "our teenagers in Iraq." Among the items needed were: cash, pens (not in boxes) Q-tips, etc. I am sure you are aware that anyone who drives a SUV is interested in cheap oil prices, so I dropped my 31 cents change into the collection box. That was the extent of my gratefulness to those who sent their teenage children to Iraq. > Just to further your education in these matters, the > reason the US gave up the draft is that a) they have > sufficient volunteers to maintain the force levels > they need, b) they have surplus forces currently > protecting the Germans from drinking too much beer, > and the S. Koreans from eating too much kimchi, > which > can be used if necessary, c) they found that it not > efficient to draft and train people for short > stints, and continue this endless cycle, when they > have sufficient volunteers. So, according to the world of Mario Goveia: Germans drink too much beer. S. Koreans eat too much kimchi. The Globe and Mail is a left wing publication :-) The US is in Iraq to promote democracy. Yes, indeed, your vision is simple. Mervyn2.0 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
