At 09:15 29-9-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote: >The EU could barely make a meaningful contribution to the Kosovo effort >in their own backyard.
Jeez, thanks man. Nice to hear that our efforts are so greatly appreciated. It is especially appreciated by the families of European soldiers who died on the Balkan. :-( FYI, at least five (probably more) of my colleagues did not come back alive. I hope you understand that I find your statement unnecessarily harsh, and insulting to thousands of Europeans who risked their lives on the Balkan. >The idea that they could somehow be more than a >footnote to an operation in Afghanistan borders borders on the laughable. If our contribution is so small that it will be a mere footnote, and borders on the laughable, then why do you keep going on about NATO supporting the US, and The Netherlands keeping to the Treaty? You do not exactly seem to appreciate our support all that much. Since the value of our contributions apparently is almost zero, why should we bother to help the United States in the first place? Given your above statements, is it far from the truth when I assume that you believe the contributions of European forces in the Gulf War were also barely meaningful, a mere footnote, and bordering on the laughable? Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l
