On 15 Mar 2003 at 19:54, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > ... do the French really think the probability of the US attacking > or subverting their country sometime in the future is greater than > the dangers posed by Hussein? > > That is not the question. The question is, for example, whether a US > government thinks it better that France workers bear the cost of > excess steel production than US workers. Not long after he was > elected, President Bush went against Republican rhetoric on freedom of > trade and decided to favor certain US workers over French workers (and > over some US Republicans, one of whom told me how angry he was with > Bush, for pushing up steel prices).
Umm. He pushed *Europe*, and we pushed back, trade-wise. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l