thanks, Steve No, actually I'm an alien
more precisely, an android, with not all the chips pushed firmly into their sockets. so some other chips have voltage spikes. <g> -Ben > 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
