Ray, Canadians try to be good little beavers for Uncle Sam, but beavers are not the most intelligent of species. They survive by blocking water courses, but that's about all. And, as a Canadian, I don't always like being a beaver. In this case the Americans are wrong, and as Canadians we should say so, and not offer silly compromises.
Ed Weick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Hooray for the Canadians again > Chris, > > End of March is hot month and makes it difficult to wear the necessary > protection against Chemical and Biological agents. They are saying that > it could be the difference between massive and light casualites in the > military here. So the timeline is shorter than you are indicating. > The American Military has two instances of being defeated by the desert. > With extensive desert training they will not allow that mistake again. > > REH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:50 AM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Hooray for the Canadians again > > > > Why hooray ? > > > > The final paragraph of the article itself says what a bad fraud the > > Canadian "compromise" is: > > > > > Substantively, the Canadian proposal does not harm U.S. interests; > putting > > > off war another two weeks (the end of March instead of mid-March) will > not > > > hurt the mobilization. Diplomatically, the proposal gives the United > States > > > a chance to clean up its global image - which, whether justifiably or > not, > > > is terrible. It gives us at least the appearance of meeting the French > > > halfway. More important, it puts us behind a proposal that belongs to an > > > outside party. It makes it look like we're going along with someone > else, > > > not just demanding that everyone go along with us. > > > > "Does not harm U.S. interests", "chance to clean up its image", "gives the > > appearance", "makes it look like" -- i.e. _cosmetics_ for the global > bully. > > > > With this "compromise", Canada has compromised itself. But who can blame > > them -- as the oiltank of the Untied States, how else could they act? > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
