Let me answer this by explaining a cartoon that was in a recent New Yorker. A bunch of Crusaders are leaving a Muslim city (there's a minaret in the background) with loot on their horses, and the city in flames. They're up on a ridge, looking down into a valley filled with a grove of olive trees. One Crusader turns to the other and says, "Remember, it's all about olive oil."
Stacy Smith wrote: > You make some interesting points there. But I have another question which > I think is very relevant. It seems wrong to me even in the face of oil > interests to consider Saudi Arabia on our side. Why can't we stop treating > them as allies, especially in light of their Islamist tendencies? > > Stacy. > > At 11:06 AM 11/09/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >Stacy, here's another link I found. While Mexico has been traditionally > >neutral > >and non-interventionist (which, in the Wall Street Journal's eyes makes it > >"leftist"), they have, as previously stated, agreed, along with the rest > >of the > >Security Council on this last week's resolution on Iraq. This link is useful > >because it makes some of the points we Canadians try to make, too; namely, > >that > >allies are supposed to be treated as equals, not condescended to (as Pat > >Buchanan, > >who appeals to the trailer park trash counterpart to Howard Stern's > >demographic, > >did): http://www.hispanicvista.com/html2/110302thompson.htm > > > >Stacy Smith wrote: > > > > > Where do the Mexicans align themselves? > > > > > > Stacy. > > > > > > >-- > >Marc A. Schindler > >Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland > > > >“Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he > >will pick > >himself up and continue on” Winston Churchill > > > >Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author > >solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s > >employer, > >nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. > > > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > >/// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > >/// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.399 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/09/2002 > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on” – Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
