Viktor

Let's not hear any more comments about how France is
the only country to play these nationalistic games.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/storie...03/06/001.html

Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
Council resolution.

.....

Alex Starke

"Viktor" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Let's not hear any more comments about how France is
    > the only country to play these nationalistic games.
    > http://www.themoscowtimes.com/storie...03/06/001.html
    > Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    > war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    > blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    > join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    > Council resolution.
    > .....
    > I can't wait to be getting rid of this excuse for a president we have in
2004.

Regards;
Alex

Arklyte

On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:17:29 GMT, "Viktor" wrote:

    >Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    >war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    >blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    >join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    >Council resolution.

You don't know much about international politics and diplomacy,
do you Viktor.

================================================== ================
"I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and instilled in him
a terrible resolve." - Admiral Yamamoto after attacking Pearl Harbor

Donnie

This is a recreational travel newsgroup. Please take your political agenda
elsewhere. Thank you.

Donnie


"Viktor" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Let's not hear any more comments about how France is
    > the only country to play these nationalistic games.
    > http://www.themoscowtimes.com/storie...03/06/001.html
    > Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    > war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    > blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    > join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    > Council resolution.
    > .....

Lennonsdad

"ArKLyte" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:17:29 GMT, "Viktor" wrote:
    > >Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    > >war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    > >blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    > >join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    > >Council resolution.
    > You don't know much about international politics and diplomacy,
    > do you Viktor.
You don't know much about integrity and principle, do you, right-wing
America? Still, at least the Turks could eventually be bought off, eh
ArkLyte?
    > ================================================== ================
    > "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and instilled in him
    > a terrible resolve." - Admiral Yamamoto after attacking Pearl Harbor

Arklyte

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:48:53 +0000 (UTC), "LennonsDad" wrote:

    >"ArKLyte" wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:17:29 GMT, "Viktor" wrote:
    >> >Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    >> >war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    >> >blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    >> >join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    >> >Council resolution.
    >> You don't know much about international politics and diplomacy,
    >> do you Viktor.
    >You don't know much about integrity and principle, do you, right-wing
    >America?

I know about politics and diplomacy, Komrade Lenin.

    >Still, at least the Turks could eventually be bought off, eh
    >ArkLyte?

We don't need no steenking Turks.

Next week, Saddam go BOOM.

================================================== ================
"I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and instilled in him
a terrible resolve." - Admiral Yamamoto after attacking Pearl Harbor

Fustanella

    > I can't wait to be getting rid of this excuse for a president we have in
    > 2004.

You, me and my sister Helena Handbasket. Anything'll be better than this
selected-not-elected yahoo cowboy screwing with the world.

Desmond Coughlan

le Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:12:37 -0500, dans l'article , Fustanella a dit ...

    >> I can't wait to be getting rid of this excuse for a president we have in
    >> 2004.

    > You, me and my sister Helena Handbasket. Anything'll be better than this
    > selected-not-elected yahoo cowboy screwing with the world.

Does Bush realise how reviled he is ? Or does he just have a thick skin?
He reminds me of a poster on news:alt.activism.death-penalty, who is
without doubt one of _the_ most idiotic, stupid, immature, redneck pricks
that Usenet has ever seen [1].

He posts the biggest pile of moronic gobshite that one could imagine, and
scours google to find anything to do with France, so that he can post it,
and get my attention. _Everyone_ on news:alt.activism.death-penalty rips
him a new sphincter at least once per day, and yet this idiot continues to
post as if nothing had happened, and (very often) as if _he_ had 'won'
every single debate into which he had ever stumbled.

So the question concerning him and Bush is: are they incredibly thick-
skinned, or are they as dense as uranium-235 ?

[1] url:http://www.google.fr/groups?ie=ISO-8859-1&as_uauthors=jigsaw1695%40aol.com&lr=&hl=fr

--
Desmond Coughlan
desmond @ zeouane.org
http: // www . zeouane . org

Arklyte

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:22:25 +0000, Desmond Coughlan wrote:

    >Does Bush realise how reviled he is ? Or does he just have a thick skin?

Reviled?

62% support in the latest ABC News Poll doesn't sound like
Bush is reviled to me.

Just because communists and jihadis don't like him doesn't
mean too much in a free democracy. They are free to spew all they
want and they have an absolute right to do so, but most people here
revere Americas unprecedented freedom and realize that freedom
doesn't come free. When you grow up maybe you'll understand.
If not, feel free to hate and yell. Our soldiers will continue to
try to protect that right for you.

================================================== ============
"Ah yes, we must mollify angry fanatics who seek our destruction
because otherwise .. they might get mad and seek our destruction."
- Ann Coulter 9/26/2002

Paul Tauger

"Desmond Coughlan" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > le Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:12:37 -0500, dans l'article
, Fustanella
a dit ...
    > >> I can't wait to be getting rid of this excuse for a president we have
in
    > >> 2004.
    > > You, me and my sister Helena Handbasket. Anything'll be better than this
    > > selected-not-elected yahoo cowboy screwing with the world.
    > Does Bush realise how reviled he is ? Or does he just have a thick skin?

This morning, CNN announced a LA Times poll which show Bush's approval
rating at 48% (his disapproval rating is also 48%). This is a new low, and
down from ratings that had been consistently in the high 60s and 70s.

My opinion? Bush is unconcerned.



    > He reminds me of a poster on news:alt.activism.death-penalty, who is
    > without doubt one of _the_ most idiotic, stupid, immature, redneck pricks
    > that Usenet has ever seen [1].
    > He posts the biggest pile of moronic gobshite that one could imagine, and
    > scours google to find anything to do with France, so that he can post it,
    > and get my attention. _Everyone_ on news:alt.activism.death-penalty rips
    > him a new sphincter at least once per day, and yet this idiot continues to
    > post as if nothing had happened, and (very often) as if _he_ had 'won'
    > every single debate into which he had ever stumbled.
    > So the question concerning him and Bush is: are they incredibly thick-
    > skinned, or are they as dense as uranium-235 ?
    > [1]
url:http://www.google.fr/groups?ie=ISO-8859-1&as_uauthors=jigsaw1695%40aol.c
om&lr=&hl=fr
    > --
    > Desmond Coughlan
    > desmond @ zeouane.org
    > http: // www . zeouane . org

Arklyte

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 06:57:12 -0800, "Paul Tauger" wrote:

    >This morning, CNN announced a LA Times poll which show Bush's approval
    >rating at 48% (his disapproval rating is also 48%). This is a new low, and
    >down from ratings that had been consistently in the high 60s and 70s.
    >My opinion? Bush is unconcerned.

62% of Americans approve of President Bush:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...data030403.htm

================================================== ============
"Ah yes, we must mollify angry fanatics who seek our destruction
because otherwise .. they might get mad and seek our destruction."
- Ann Coulter 9/26/2002

Viktor

    > >Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    > >war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    > >blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    > >join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    > >Council resolution.
    > You don't know much about international politics and diplomacy,
    > do you Viktor.

You don't know much about common sense, or for that matter, punctuation.

Viktor

Devil

On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 06:57:12 +0000, Paul Tauger wrote:

    >
    > "Desmond Coughlan" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> le Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:12:37 -0500, dans l'article
    > , Fustanella
    > a dit ...
    >> >> I can't wait to be getting rid of this excuse for a president we have
    > in
    >> >> 2004.
    >> > You, me and my sister Helena Handbasket. Anything'll be better than this
    >> > selected-not-elected yahoo cowboy screwing with the world.
    >> Does Bush realise how reviled he is ? Or does he just have a thick skin?
    >
    > This morning, CNN announced a LA Times poll which show Bush's approval
    > rating at 48% (his disapproval rating is also 48%). This is a new low, and
    > down from ratings that had been consistently in the high 60s and 70s.
    >
    > My opinion? Bush is unconcerned.


One does get the feeling that support for war is dwindling. Maybe I am
indulging in wishful thinking, but one gets the feeling that they might be
backing down.

Getting more attention toward recent successes in the "war" against
terrorism etc. Wait for a bit longer and discover that Saddam has been
making some real effort at disarming after all. Claim credit for it as a
result of military pressure?

Gordon Forbess

On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 15:39:42 GMT, "devil" wrote:

    >One does get the feeling that support for war is dwindling. Maybe I am
    >indulging in wishful thinking, but one gets the feeling that they might be
    >backing down.

An army buddy who had served in the Michigan National Guard and was
deployed for the Detroit riots witnessed an incident that illustrates
why this is a long shot.

A suspected sniper was cornered in the upper floor of a house. A tank
was brought in to the vacant lot next to the house and an officer in a
jeep with a loudspeaker addressed the sniper: "You've got 10 seconds
to show yourself, or the tank is coming in.. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6.." At "5"
the tank commander 'buttons up' and the driver revs the engine to a
deafening roar. No way can the crew see or hear if the guy decides to
give up. At "1", the tank is already lurching towards the house and
proceeds to drive through it, leaving a pile of rubble.

I don't exactly where we are in the countdown, but I suspect it's less
than 5 and the engines are already reving.

    >Getting more attention toward recent successes in the "war" against
    >terrorism etc. Wait for a bit longer and discover that Saddam has been
    >making some real effort at disarming after all.

The question is whether he ceases his effort to *resist* disarming.

    >Claim credit for it as a result of military pressure?

As well we could if you happen to be correct. And I hope we send the
bill to the French - 15% service included, of course.

Gordon

Holden McGroyne

    > Showing its exasperation with Russia's growing defiance of U.S.
    > war plans, the United States on Wednesday resorted to economic
    > blackmail and warned Russia that it risks jeopardizing its bid to
    > join the World Trade Organization if it vetoes a UN Security
    > Council resolution.

Excellent. France should not be able to play the Iraq situation for their
own personal gain, and face no consequences. The USA should recall their
Ambassador and ignore the country that they twice bailed out from invasion
the past century.