RE: Profit RE: World Attitude (was: Re: Down Under Attitude)

[John D. Giorgis]

At 03:08 AM 9/25/01 -0500 Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>However, the work of rebuilding will be done _in_ America, probably mostly 
>_by_ Americans, so the interest of others outside the country (unless they 
>work for a company that bids on a contract for part of the project, in 
>which case that contract will probably be drawn up following American laws 
>and business practices) is pretty much theoretical, which might  be why 
>John responded the way he did.  (Though I am not attempting to speak for 
>John.  I'm sure he'll let me know if I'm wrong.  ;-)  )

That was one reason.

Also, all of the reasons that I cited about America also apply equally,
AFAIK, to the Netherlands.

And finally, the discussion was concerning *why* some Americans reacted as
they did to what Jeroen thought was an interesting question.   I simply
answered that *why*.

JDG
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