... and there are those who believe 'techies' are just that. Preach it bro!!
Cheers Richard > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 09:20:44AM +0300, Mark Tinka wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > It is simple. These are American lives we are talking about, not >> > simple Japanese people. Over a million Vietnamese died in the Vietnam >> > war - besides Vietnam being carpet bombed for I do not know how many >> > years... but again it was cheaper. >> > >> > T. >> >> Over a million you say... And, ummh, 9/11 was how many... Over 300 >> confirmed >> and another 4,000 or so missing. >> >> > >> > >> > ----Original Message Follows---- >> > locations, ecnomically, socially, and in health. >> > >> > How can that be quanitified, in billions, if not gazillions? >> > >> > Regards, >> > > > Firstly, Americans treasure their blood more that most nationalities I > know.Whenever an american is wounded or killed in > the middle east or some other conflict area, it is sure to make the news, > that means CNN->BBC->Reuters-(spill over > effect)->New Vision->Your desk. So this, to Americans,is personal. > The reason why that attack was the costliest is because of the spill-over > effects to the rest of the world.Besides > causing a financial crisis in the US that spilled over to Japan, Europe > and england,resulting in massive losses in > stocks and bonds, it has led to countries shifting their priorities from > development to fighting terrorism.This is > very expensive .This is an ongoing fight as Rumsdel will tell you,but that > means that the economy of Kenya which depends on tourism will have to > go into noise dive, countries that used to enjoy excellent trading > cooperations with the US are force to address > conditions that the US imposes on them before trade agreements can be > made.The middle east flared into allout war, with > sides being aligned pro- and anti- war on terrorism.i stop here. > - ken > (not a politician) > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
