Re: Gautam's rant

2003-01-30 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:06 2003-01-29 -0800, Gautam wrote: No. I think that arguing that France and Germany are selfless is, almost by definition, ridiculous - when have they _ever_ acted in such a way? If you say that about the US, it's at least possible. It has happened. It has happened post WWII. Before

Re: Gautam's rant

2003-01-30 Thread Damon
It has happened post WWII. Before that, France was a colonial empire bent on dominating what parts of the world it could. The USA was trying to do the same, but all the good spots were already taken. The same holds for Germany except for the time that they spent recovering from WWI. To be

Re: Gautam's rant

2003-01-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since when is Jean Chrétien President of France? Why do you expect the world to think better of America than America thinks of the world? Do you really believe that America is selfless and no one else is? Jean-Louis Couturier Jacques

Re: Gautam's rant

2003-01-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since when is Jean Chrétien President of France? Why do you expect the world to think better of America than America thinks of the world? Do you really believe that America is selfless and no one else is? Jean-Louis Couturier Jacques

Re: Gautam's rant

2003-01-29 Thread Steve Sloan II
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Jacques Chirac. It's been a long day. Oh yeah, the guy whose name always makes me think of that villain from Bugs Bunny cartoons named Black Jacques Shellac. ;-) In this particular case, we know exactly what The Axis of Weasel is motivated by. LOL