--- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm putting on my best face of forgiveness, and
> hoping that some change for the better comes into
> their lives from this, but I am still really shaken,
> and its going to take some time for me to really
> figure out how I feel.. anger? frustrat
--- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (BTW - I'm sorry I was a jerk to you here yesterday.
> I was quite rude, and you don't deserve that. Mae
> Culpa)
>
> -j-
No problem - I was trying to figure out what the hell
was going on, then I read your post and it made sense.
I really am
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If Turkey joined the EU, then it would have
> overwheming repercussions,
> right? Wouldn't Turkish citizens have the same
> right to travel, work, and
> live anywhere in Europe, passing through customs
> with a wave like I've seen
> other EU members do
--- Jean-Marc Chaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think France, as the broad majority of the
> council, was agreeing with
> the necessity of a verifiable set of compliance
> tests, with the presence
> of a deadline (which length was under discussion)
> and the presence of
> the threat of military
--- Jean-Marc Chaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm interested in links to support your point 2. To
> my knowledge France
> hasn't got a particular link or lever with Turkey.
> Germany has, though,
> due to historial, sociological (large part of its
> population is Turkish)
> , and economical. B
--- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In fairness, the Russian Federation is regarded in
> almost every other arean
> as the successor to the USSR.
>
> While the above argument was used by many
> conservative commentators, I
> never found that particular argument to be truly
> seri
--- Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the original implication was that Pax
> Americana will be over,
> and the US will not the dominant superpower it is
> today. Either the US
> will have regressed significantly in world standing,
> or there will be a
> formation of a new for
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Condolences on your loss. I don't know what I'd do
> if something like that
> happened to our cat or any of our other animals.
>
> Reggie Bautista
I'd definitely raise holy hell with the police to
_make sure_ that the people who did it got serio
--- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When did the US violate the Geneva convention?
>
> Camp X-Ray?
Which holds unlawful combatants who are _explicitly_
denied the protections of POWs by those same
conventions.
> > What UN Security Council
> > Resolution is the US not merely
--- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wow, good thing such things like, oh, the UN, weapon
> treaties, the Geneva Convention don't involve the
> word of the United States!
>
> > The word of the United States is worth something,
> as various
> > countries have found out over the pas
--- "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let me remind you that in 1991 this same team
> stopped our army 24
> hours from eliminating the problem altogether &
> freeing the same
> Iraqi people we are now supposed to be rescuing.
> The difference
> between now and WWII is that such people woul
Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine
battalion, was talking with 4 young Marines near his
foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had been telling
the story of how well the Marines had been looking out
for and taking care of him since the war started. He
went on to tell about the many h
--- Matthew and Julie Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I have two favorite teams in baseball... The Cubs
> and whoever is playing the
> White Sox.
>
> Now all I am waiting for is for Gautam to swoop down
> with his baseball
> predictions and crush my expectations for the coming
> year. If he woul
--- Sonja van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And I think you should stick to attacking arguments
> and not the poster.
>
> Sonja
And I think your husband could, perhaps, strive harder
to avoid giving the impression that he wouldn't
particularly regret such attacks as long as they were
con
--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was just thinking of a friend this morning. I know
> he's 100% anti-bush
> and he's 100% pro war. He said things after 9/11
> that would have made Pat
> Buchanan blush.
>
> Kevin T.
Heather MacDonald at the Manhattan Institute is at
least a conserv
--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I give you less than 20 to crash and burn. In
> spectacular fashion.
> I'll bet cash.
> Andy
Taken. How much, and what are the conditions? I
never turn down free money.
Gautam
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--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, what this tells me is, if I ever own an NFL
> franchise, I ought to hire
> JDG to help me out with it, and if I ever own an MLB
> team, I ought to hire
> Gautam to help me out with it. :) (No interest in
> NBA, very little
> interest in NHL.
--- Jean-Marc Chaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, 31/03/2003 at 21:44 -0500]
> > It is true that the indefensible position
> > of the French (no war ever no matter what) made
> things more difficult.
>
> It was not the position of France. It was 'no war as
> long as pr
--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> And you think the rest of the world will not feel
> (in some way or other)
> the consequences of US retaliation for the
> destruction of New York?
> Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
I think that everything anyone ever wants to say abo
--- Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Interestingly, I heard the NBC Pentagon
> correspondent on
> a radio interview today with an entirely different
> perspective.
> He said that he was starting to hear doubts about
> the war
> voiced privately by assorted civilian and military
> sources.
>
--- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 07:27 PM 3/31/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> >but Easterbrook is one of the best
> >journalists in America,
>
> Just take his football columns with a grain of
> salt..
>
>
> JD
--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> but I've been hearing people talking about this
> lately, almost sounds like
> talking points: America won every battle in Vietnam,
> they had massive
> superiority everywhere but the problem was they
> couldn't attack very
> obvious military targets,
There are many reasons - but my current favorite:
The British attacks in Basra have been named Operation
James. After James Bond.
The two major Iraqi positions they were assaulting
also had code names.
Pussy and Galore.
:-)
Gautam
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--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >5. I was unaware of the shipment of advanced
> Russian
> >anti-tank missiles to Iraq, possibly via Syria. Of
> >all of the developments of the war so far, this may
> be
> >the most worrisome, and the most undercovered by
> the
> >mainstream press.
>
--- Kevin Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But why on Earth would Saddam Husein attack America?
> He'd have to be an
> idiot, since he has no territorial disputes with the
> US, and no possible way
> of beating them in a war. There's no reason.
He was willing to assassinate George Bush. What
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I differ with this assessment. Rumsfeld started
> talking about units
> surrendering en mass on the first day of the ground
> campaign. He supplied
> the extraordinarily high standards that he is being
> held to. I'm pretty
> sure that I've seen him s
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quick question - when will the 4th Infantry get
> there?
>
> (I'm probably living closer to Ft. Hood than anyone
> else, with the
> possible exception of Adam, at least as the crow
> flies, so I should
> probably be *up* on this more than anyone e
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not totally sure about this. Even discounting
> the tendency of
> expectations of people being too high, and the
> tendency to look for
> problems after only a few days into a campaign, it
> appears to me that the
> viewpoint at the highest level in
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm curious about this. Lets give a simple example,
> N. Korea without the
> ability to kill hundreds of thousands in Seoul.
> Would it have been wrong
> to stop their development of nuclear weapons and
> ICBMs? Why is stopping
> them more frightening
Woohoo! Congratulations!
Gautam
--- Matthew and Julie Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Here name is:
>
> Anneka Marie Bos
> She's 6 pounds 4 ounces,
> Nineteen and a half inches long.
> Born at 1:32 on Thursday
>
> Mother and daughter are doing fine.
> Father is a nervous wreck.
>
> She gets
Good article from the IHT on German second thoughts on
their recent position.
http://www.iht.com/articles/90195.html
The liberation of Iraq has begun. May God protect the
soldiers who fight to free the people of Iraq and
safeguard civilization against its most recent enemy,
as well as the people
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read it and its not much different than what you
> suggested 3 months ago.
> It appears to me that no one but the US is
> interested in a multinational
> approach. I recall you saying that the US would
> handle it by putting
> pressure on China. I
http://nationaljournal.com/rauch.htm
A good article in the National Journal on the
Administration's strategy in North Korea. It had a
lot of stuff I hadn't thought of. I don't know if I'm
convinced that they're taking the right approach, but
it does convince me that they have thought through
wha
--- John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> john
>
> ps good luck to your friend.
John - thanks. He'll need it - but his enemies will
need it a lot more. A different USAF pilot described
him to me as someone who would cause "the Red Baron to
his pants if he found out they
were in the same ai
--- John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Boyd is a fascinating man, and I plan to read Robert
> Coram's biography
> of Boyd after Waging Modern War by Wesley Clark.
>
> john
I'm not a big fan of Wes Clark's, but I am looking
forward to the Coram bio. I have to ask my USAF
friend what he th
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> God I look awful.
>
> Note to self: Get haircuts more frequently.
>
> Jon
Really? I thought it was a pretty good picture of
me...
Gautam
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--- Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>> Gautam, do you have a link to the full text of the
> speech
> somewhere? I'd love to read the rest of it. I
> definitely
> agree with your sentiments on Blair.
>
> Thanks,
>
--- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Things aren't going so well for him in Parliament
> though::
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2862325.stm
>
> Rich
Given who makes up the Labor MPs, I rather think he
did fine. His speech was marvelous - brilliant,
incisive, irrefutable.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,916466,00.html
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--- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The Mongolian Defense? (Show an obvious weakness
to
> draw in your opponent, but be deployed to react to
> such a move)
> -j-
No, that involves superior tactical mobility, and
tactical mobility is one of the hallmarks of American
fighting forc
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, the next two days are important for this, right?
> If they start
> redeploying to Baghdad now, then the chances of
> doing this are greatly
> reduced.
Yes, very much so. According to NPR this morning,
interestingly enough, Baghdad is _not_ being
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given this assessment, it seems to me that we will
> need a bit of
> luck...unless the US has tricks up its sleeve that I
> can't begin to
> comprehend. Lets assume a reasonable worst case
> scenario for what we
> cannot control. The Republican guard d
A few people on the list have asked to read copies of
my senior thesis on status competition in
international relations. Unfortunately, I've managed
to lose the list of people who did so. If anyone is
still interested, could you drop me a line off-list
and I'd be happy to send it to you? Sorry.
--- John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently read a paper by an associate of John Boyd
> outlining what a
> military force organized on his principles of
> strategy would look like.
> One of the interesting comments made was that
> Sherman's campaign after
> leaving Chattanooga and en
OK list-members.
While I'm using this to evade finishing up work (it's
only 10:30 - why would I be in a hurry to go home?)
here's my current (among many) nightmare scenario.
What happens when Saddam launches missiles filled with
VX at Israel? Israel is unlikely to fail to defend
itself this time,
--- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We'll see what happens in a couple of days, I guess.
> Pondering the
> vagaries of human psychology, it seems to me that a
> stunning and
> spectacular victory might work as badly against us
> as somewhat prolonged
> and messy one. People fig
http://www.tf1.fr/news/monde/0,,1012457,00.html
Anyone recall Security Council authorization for this?
It's in French, just as a warning.
Gautam
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--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not that I don't take Gautam at his word, but Nick
> has posted an article
> that contradicts his contention that the French
> didn't protect French
> Jews. Why do you continue to favor Gautam's
> statements?
>
> Also, France today has one of the
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3284-614607,00.html
However this ends, whatever happens to the United
States because of it, this is what we will stop. Can
anyone doubt that historians of the future will look
back and say that the allies did a good and noble
thing?
Gautam
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--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >How many non-Jews were sent to concentration camps
> for helping the Jews?
> >How many were put to death? If I read Gautam
> right, many people did fight
> >the Holocaust with relatively minimal risk.
>
> If that's what Gautam is saying, then I think
--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Apparently not -- unless he signed up for military
> service in the front
> lines in Iraq, and didn't bother to tell us about
> it.
>
> Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
Not an entirely unfair question, although rather
ironic coming fro
--- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You're welcome. Get some sleep.
Not part of the job description, unfortunately :-(
> It's the
> people on *this* side of
> the Atlantic I worry about.
>
> Marvin Long
I worry about them too, of course. Heck, I'm one of
them. But the only wa
--- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ha! I group you three as people who have advanced
> persuasive pro-war
> arguments that made me stop and think about my
> prejudices and fears.
> Which remain, but their accuracy remains to be seen.
>
> Marvin Long
Why thank you Marvin. I'
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, the patriot that started the whole thing is from
> AUSTIN and the kid he
> attacked was from HOUSTON?
>
> Only the rodeo. Only around the time of SXSW in
> Austin.
>
> Sheesh.
>
> (That was the most unbelievable detail of the story.
> The res
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In my index, the subject line as I have truncated
> above was about all I
> could see of it, and my second thought (after
> Biblical reference) was all
> those various webpages that have pictures of groups
> of naked people spelling
> out "PEACE" and
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps it isn't clear that this is about context,
> not facts. Clearly,
> Gautam knows the facts. My objection is the failure
> to contextualize the
> Vichy "government" as a puppet of the Nazis, with
> policies that did not
> exist before or after.
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> May I make a suggestion that will probably be
> ignored. I'm betting both
> Nick and Gautam are accurately reflecting what they
> were taught. I'm
> guessing they were taught different things. I'd be
> interested in either a
> detailed examination of
--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And you criticizing someone for dropping names???
> Next, will you be
> criticizing someone for defending their argument
> with their resume?
> "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have to admit, it didn't occur to me until
afterwards that Father R
--- Jean-Marc Chaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Gautam Mukunda [Sat, 15/03/2003 at 20:12 -0800]
> You forgot to mention that Germans had 1.5 Millions
> French hostages held
> in captivity in Germany.
Well, sure. Shit happened to a lot of people in the
Second World War. Tha
--- Jean-Marc Chaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Andrew Crystall [Sun, 16/03/2003 at 13:10 -]
> > France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority,
> especially at present.
>^
>
> /me doesn't bother to answer.
>
> --
> Jean-Marc
I think he means "mi
--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Vous parlez l'histoire Francais comme une vache de
> droite.
> >
> > Et si vous comprenez (sans assistance), peut-etre
> vous connaissez plue que
> > je pense.
>
> Here's how google translated that :-)
>
> You speak the French history like a cow a
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vous parlez l'histoire Francais comme une vache de
> droite.
>
> Et si vous comprenez (sans assistance), peut-etre
> vous connaissez plue que
> je pense.
>
> (Which probably has some errors, but I don't get to
> practice much these
> days, despite almo
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, you are, but its well hidden, so don't feel
> bad. :-) Individual
> internal combustion engines are not all efficient.
> Large natural gas
> plants are much more efficence, and environmentally
> friendly. So, by using
> fuel cells, and by produci
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fuel cells could very well be a good means of
> storing energy in the future;
> I don't know. I do know they are not a means of
> obtaining energy.
>
> Dan M.
Actually, Dan, I'd be interested if you could go a bit
farther than this. I've been readin
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Now, are we done? Do you want to at least pretend
> to
> > be civil to me, and stop calling me a fascist or a
> > bigot,
>
> Posturing yourself as a victim of name-calling
> doesn't make you any more
> correct, either. If you're feeling like I'm
> d
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given your earlier misrepresentation of French
> gratitude about its
> liberation in WWII and now this comment, I'm
> wondering if you simply don't
> know much about France or you have some anti-French
> prejudice, or it is
> carelessness driven by your
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unless the war in Iraq is not considered important
> by people, why wouldn't
> politicians who oppose it have a tremendous
> advantage in the next election
> in countries where the overwhelming majority of
> people are opposed to the
> war?
>
> Dan M.
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >I've read that French resistance was fairly
> minimal, and that most
> French
> > >cooperated willingly with the Germans. Do you
> have a good source on the
> > >extent of French resistance?
> > >
> > If 50 innocent li
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The US numbers have shifted towards going in without
> the UN, but the trend
> polls that I have seen in other countries have
> indicated a firming up of
> the opinion that they will approve of a war only
> with a UN mandate. I know
> that Gautam is fair
--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, it says what you need to know about THAT WRITER.
> It shows you
> don't understand how The Register works either or
> where it typically
> comes from.
>
> Andy
> Dawn Falcon
Most newspapers (even The Register) have editors,
Andy...
Gautam
--- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gautam said:
>
> > I would rate my estimate of the qualitative
> superiority of the Indian
> > nuclear arsenal at near certainty, and the fizzles
> at "I'm somewhat
> > confident, but it's certainly possible that this
> was mistaken
> > information."
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.dawn.com/2000/06/08/top3.htm
>
> And this is is interesting:
OK - one more note. Both of those assessments were
based on information available to the American (and,
to a lesser extent, Indian) governments as of very
shortly after the te
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I remember a statement here by Gautam that India's
> nuclear arsonal is
> superior to Pakistans, and that Pakistan's nuclear
> tests were a bit of a
> dud. I got it response, the following post:
Dan - I was told by people I trust that the Pakistani
tes
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29750.html
>
> Airstrike! The Pentagon simplifies media relations
> By John Lettice
> Posted: 13/03/2003 at 17:10 GMT
>
>
> Should war in the Gulf commence, the Pentagon
> proposes to take radical
> new steps in me
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then there are people like me, who are all over the
> spectrum when you measure the spectrum in
> traditional
> liberal vs. conservative terms, who agree or
> disagree
> with this war for a variety of reasons. I've seen
> this
> debate onlist cast
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gautam,
>
> I didn't say I agreed with the article. I just put
> it out there for
> commentary. I thought of some of your points as I
> was reading it in the
> print paper earlier today.
>
> I'm wondering what everyone *else* thinks.
>
> Myself,
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/thursday/life_entertainment_1.html
>
> Julia
But, Julia, this article was absurd. The criticism of
France isn't because they disagree with us. The
Russians disagree with us - no one is going around
making Russian jokes. The criticism is
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Disagree with the stand that you say I'm not taking?
Your side of the political spectrum, perhaps. I'm
sure you have _some_ sort of an opinion.
> It's hard to have an actual debate with people who
> are already decided they
> are right. Where, in al
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think I've called people jackasses and
> anti-American for their
> positions on this war. I hope I've refrained
> entirely from name-calling.
> I'm trying to hang onto respect when people who are
> pro and anti war seem to
> demand that each of
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Man, I'm getting tired of seeing people who oppose
> this decision being
> labeled "supporters" of the current regime in Iraq.
> I'm not going to shoot
> Jerry Falwell, but that doesn't mean I support him.
> Can we please, here at
> least, acknowledge
--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Actually no. You attack the EU, and you force the
EU
> to respond. You
> reinforce the "us and them" mentality, and you
> bolster support for a
> Federal Europe.
>
> Andy
That depends on how you do it. Note that I'm not
(necessarily) advocating
--- "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> * on the other side, those who ask, `is Iraq now
a
> part of a larger
> war, much as Morocco, the first country the US
> invaded in World
> War II, was a small part of a larger war?'
Someone else is reading "USS Clueless" :-)
Gauta
it's not inappropriate to say that some anti-war
protesters are, in fact, anti-American.
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12026~1234836,00.html
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--- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then show why it's in their interest *in the
> long-term.* Offhand, I'd say that the Muslim
> extremists will eventually target France because
> they
> are, after all, part of the hated West - women
> aren't
> veiled, they vote and drive, and religi
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While a high school teacher for ancient history or
> English may not require
> CE courses they are most certainly relevant and in
> fact crucial for science
> teachers (especially bio & chem). New advances in
> the sciences routinely
> invalidate our
--- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do us all a favor and send this to the letters to
> the editor at Time,
> Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post
> and any other outlets you
> can think of. What a wonderful commentary!
>
> - jmh
Need I point out that the New York Times p
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would imagine that a strong military presence
> of USA soldiers next to Iran would raise
> anti-USA feelings there. Do you think the
> _opposite_ would happen?
>
> Alberto Monteiro
Yes. The Iranian government (the theocrats) is
incredibl
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If the French are 'fair weather friends' then they
> should be treated as
> such. But they most certainly should not be
> classified as 'enemies' on the
> 'those who hate us' column.
>
> Jon
Well, maybe. If this were a one-time thing, then I
would
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here in California, we're eliminating the teacher
> shortage. First, we made
> money available to train new teachers in exchange
> for a three-year
> commitment. A lot of people took advantage of that
> over the last few years,
> so we had quite a few
--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Cheese and Rice isn't it obvious? They do not
> elect their leaders,
>
> Who is it they elect in their elections?
Actually, Iranian moderates have consistently won the
elections held in Iran. The only reason it's st
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> France
> 250,000
> 500,000
> 450,000
> Jon
OK, but does this civilian number include the French
Jews who were enthusiastically shipped off to the
death camps by the Vichy government? I rather imagine
that it does, which puts a slightly different cast o
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> >
> > One other note - I have been quietly told that the
>
> > extent of US aid to Israel in 1973 vastly exceeds
> what
> > has been publicly reported. I don't want to say
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure if war on Iraq is right or wrong. I am
> quite sure that if it
> is the right thing to do (or perhaps I should say
> the "best" thing), that
> wouldn't make disrespect for peace advocates right.
> I want to live in a
> country and communi
--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> mm...maybe in the War of Independence, Israel needed
> it, but since
> then we'd have managed fine, thanks. The Six Day war
> alone should
> incicate to you the kind of men the IDF had and has
> on it's planning
> staff.
>
> Andy
No, this is de
--- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In conclusion, I think that around 2010-2015 the
> European Union will be
> about to deploy globally forces generally comparable
> in quality to US
> forces and around a third as large in number. There
> will be some
> weaknesses - heavy strategic air
--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I'm sure the French were quite grateful for being
> liberated by (among other
> countries) the US. However, you seem to believe that
> because the US took
> part in the liberation of France over fifty years
> ago, the French should
> forever
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is an indication that the administration is
> considering pulling
> troops out of S. Korea and reducing the force in W.
> Europe. Given the
> statements of the governments of S. Korea and
> Germany, it seems that the
> administration is thinking a
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do the Israelis *have* nuclear weapons? I don't
> remember ever seeing hard
> confirmation of that. Does anybody have a link on
> this?
>
> Jon
I don't, but my it's commonly acknowledged that they
have 3rd or 4th generation nuclear weapons, not just
--- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course, for much of the Cold War there were two
> European nations each
> with enough tactical and strategic nukes to defend
> Europe against a
> Soviet attack. (The US stockpile was excessive for
> this and any other
> purpose [except, of course, f
--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >2. If you do, what would you do to stop him?
>
> Try diplomacy first. If that doesn't work, try to
> get his own people to
> turn against him (food aid, medical aid,
> information). As a last resort, if
> everything else has failed, sent in a
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