I see your point on the French. Although I still have a button about helping bail them out twice last century, they certainly figured out that Viet Nam was a losing proposition.
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Conscience? LOL!! The French vote their wallet, just like all other > > nations do. The fact that the French wallet is often in competition > > with the American wallet leads to our conflicts, not any mystical > > French conscience. > > The French also vote from their experience. Historically, > the French have more experience dealing with terrorism > than any other country; it started with Morocco in the > 1950s and continued on from there. And along the way > they have made almost every mistake a nation could pos- > sibly make dealing with terrorism, and have learned a > little in the process about what works and what only > makes things worse. It was on that basis that they > rejected the rush to war on Iraq. There *were* economic > issues involved, such as the absolute certainty that the > moment the US went in all existing contracts with France > would be declared null and void, whether France was "on > board" or not (that was determined as a result of French > intelligence reports of what US leaders were planning > even before the rush to war was announced), but the > bottom line is that the French are not gonna get involved > with another unwinnable war against people who are fight- > ing for their own country, and they're going to advise > their friends not to do so, either. > > It was the choice of the US, acting like an out-of- > control drug addict who has hit his friends up for more > money to buy drugs and has been told No, to consider > the friend trying to help them an enemy. > > Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
