Ben, are you English? Certainly some world class puns... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:51 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: US: invasion in the Netherlands possible
Jerry- with the length of this thread, and you feeling crotchety, please be sure to post a picture of the sweater when it's finished <g>. -Ben > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/10/02 12:01PM >>> > >Here's something additional... About 2 or 3 months ago the President Bush > >backed out of a chemical weapons treaty with fellow UN members. The reason, > >it would require that UN inspectors have access to our chemical weapons > >plants. OK for Saddam, but not for us?! > > > Well, yes. > > You don't seem to remember - Iraq started a war by invading a neighboring > country. > > The reason for the weapons inspectors in Iraq was part of the settlement > agreement to end the war. > > (Basically to stop bombing the crap out of them.) > > The war was the entire rest of the UN against Iraq. > > That is very different from a voluntary weapons inspection agreement between the > US and the UN. > > And considering the historical treatment of the US by the UN (read the entire > 1970's), I can see why the U.S. Government is a bit reluctant to cede sovereign > rights to that often-hostile body. > > Plus, it really ticked off the French, which is always a "Good Thing"TM. > > (Lunch didn't seem to help - still feeling a bit crotchety) > Jerry Johnson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: US: invasion in the Netherlands possible > > > Jochem, > > IMHO your skills in the English language are better than many American-born > persons. > :-) > > -Ben > > > > At 04:32 PM 6/8/02 +0200, you wrote: > ><quote> > >US: invasion in the Netherlands possible > > > >WASHINGTON The US Senate has accepted a law which authorizes an invasion > >in the Netherlands under certain conditions. The US wants to keep that > >option open in case the International Criminal Court (ICC), which will > >be located in the Netherlands, holds Americans on charges of War Crimes. > > > >The statue of Rome, which regulates the establishment of the ICC, will > >be in operation on July first, even though there is no building or > >personel for the court yet. > > > >GroenLinks (JvD: Dutch political party) has requested an emergency > >debate with Secretary of State van Aartsen. He should change the mind of > >the US, using the EU as lever. > ></quote> > >translated from http://teletekst.nos.nl/cgi-bin/tt/nos/page/t/m/121 > > > >Jochem > >-- > >All flames about my translation skills eagerly accepted. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
