--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Robert J. Chassell wrote: <snip. > > > >Interestingly, the French and the Chinese have > been arguing both that > > > >the sheriff should be someone other than > President Bush -- should be > > > >the UN -- and at the same time, that the UN > should not `carry a pistol'... <snip> > > > > > > > >Why is this? > > > > > > Because they are the outlaws that benefit from > the absence of a sherrif? > > > One of them commits crimes. The other > supplies > > > the equipment for other outlaws to commit crimes. > > > > They do want to talk out of both sides of their > > mouths, true; but the US is not exactly spotless > when it comes to supplying weapons to various > questionable regimes - Iraq among them. > > The US is not spotless and smugness is not called > for. Especially if one > is a supporter of our VP who lobbied hard to fight > Clinton's continuation > of the sanctions. However, there is an order of > magnitude arguement. The > French helped him develop atomic bomb capacities...
Agreed; although there are chemicals to consider, according to some. But nuclear weapons are clearly *far* 'over the line.' > ...The US weapons sales were > very small, and were to both sides in the Iran-Iraq > war. > Further, after the Gulf war, France and Germany > worked hard to keep Hussein > in power. American companies that sold prohibited > goods during that time > used French subsidiaries to do it. Almighty Dollar, Deutchemark (sp!) and Franc Maru (guess now that's Dollar and Euro) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
