Sweden doesn't have an army!
Oct 26th 2004 | 10:26 am
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Sweden doesn't have an army!
Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
Administration and the air of certainty they often have
about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
he said *Switzerland* and noted that actually they do have a
national defense. Bush persisted, insisting that Sweden has no
army, and the room was quiet until someone changed the subject.
Some weeks later Lantos ran into Bush, who said to him, "You were
right, Sweden does have an army."
God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
Administration and the air of certainty they often have
about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
he said *Switzerland* and noted that actually they do have a
national defense. Bush persisted, insisting that Sweden has no
army, and the room was quiet until someone changed the subject.
Some weeks later Lantos ran into Bush, who said to him, "You were
right, Sweden does have an army."
God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
Oct 26th 2004 | 10:45 am
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Re: Sweden doesn't have an army!
"Bill Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
> article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
> Administration and the air of certainty they often have
> about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
> There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
> Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
> US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
> peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
> trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
> for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
> Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
> one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
> he said *Switzerland*
Then Lantos is just as ignorant. Switzerland has a rather
large army for its size. Every able bodied male of
military age is required to undertake annual miltary
training and keep his uniform and rifle at home.
Keith
news:[email protected]...
> Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
> article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
> Administration and the air of certainty they often have
> about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
> There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
> Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
> US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
> peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
> trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
> for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
> Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
> one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
> he said *Switzerland*
Then Lantos is just as ignorant. Switzerland has a rather
large army for its size. Every able bodied male of
military age is required to undertake annual miltary
training and keep his uniform and rifle at home.
Keith
Oct 26th 2004 | 11:17 am
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On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (Bill Moore)
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
... article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
... Administration and the air of certainty they often have
... about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
...
... There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
... Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
... US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
... peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
... trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
... for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
... Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
... one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
... he said *Switzerland* and noted that actually they do have a
... national defense. Bush persisted, insisting that Sweden has no
... army, and the room was quiet until someone changed the subject.
... Some weeks later Lantos ran into Bush, who said to him, "You were
... right, Sweden does have an army."
...
... God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
... between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
No use. He is brain dead.
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
... article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
... Administration and the air of certainty they often have
... about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
...
... There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
... Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
... US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
... peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
... trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
... for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
... Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
... one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
... he said *Switzerland* and noted that actually they do have a
... national defense. Bush persisted, insisting that Sweden has no
... army, and the room was quiet until someone changed the subject.
... Some weeks later Lantos ran into Bush, who said to him, "You were
... right, Sweden does have an army."
...
... God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
... between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
No use. He is brain dead.
Oct 26th 2004 | 6:32 pm
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Keith Willshaw wrote:
>
> "Bill Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
>> article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
>> Administration and the air of certainty they often have
>> about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
>> There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
>> Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
>> US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
>> peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
>> trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
>> for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
>> Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
>> one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
>> he said *Switzerland*
>
> Then Lantos is just as ignorant. Switzerland has a rather
> large army for its size. Every able bodied male of
> military age is required to undertake annual miltary
> training and keep his uniform and rifle at home.
>
And as to sweden not having an army:
http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
aircrafts.
--
Groeten/Regards
Jeroen Wijnands
jeroen at wijnands punt xs4all punt nl
>
> "Bill Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
>> article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
>> Administration and the air of certainty they often have
>> about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
>> There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
>> Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
>> US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
>> peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
>> trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
>> for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
>> Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
>> one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
>> he said *Switzerland*
>
> Then Lantos is just as ignorant. Switzerland has a rather
> large army for its size. Every able bodied male of
> military age is required to undertake annual miltary
> training and keep his uniform and rifle at home.
>
And as to sweden not having an army:
http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
aircrafts.
--
Groeten/Regards
Jeroen Wijnands
jeroen at wijnands punt xs4all punt nl
Oct 26th 2004 | 8:02 pm
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"Jeroen Wijnands" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Keith Willshaw wrote:
> And as to sweden not having an army:
> http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
> It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
> aircrafts.
It's navy also devlops its own warships. They are investing in stealth
technology at the moment I believe.
message news:[email protected]...
> Keith Willshaw wrote:
> And as to sweden not having an army:
> http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
> It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
> aircrafts.
It's navy also devlops its own warships. They are investing in stealth
technology at the moment I believe.
Oct 26th 2004 | 8:59 pm
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:02:48 +0100, "Mark Hewitt"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Jeroen Wijnands" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> Keith Willshaw wrote:
>> And as to sweden not having an army:
>> http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
>> It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
>> aircrafts.
>It's navy also devlops its own warships. They are investing in stealth
>technology at the moment I believe.
Already ten years ago.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Jeroen Wijnands" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> Keith Willshaw wrote:
>> And as to sweden not having an army:
>> http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
>> It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
>> aircrafts.
>It's navy also devlops its own warships. They are investing in stealth
>technology at the moment I believe.
Already ten years ago.
--
Martin
Oct 26th 2004 | 9:00 pm
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:17:56 +0200, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (Bill Moore)
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
> ... article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
> ... Administration and the air of certainty they often have
> ... about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
> ...
> ... There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
> ... Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
> ... US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
> ... peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
> ... trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
> ... for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
> ... Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
> ... one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
> ... he said *Switzerland* and noted that actually they do have a
> ... national defense. Bush persisted, insisting that Sweden has no
> ... army, and the room was quiet until someone changed the subject.
> ... Some weeks later Lantos ran into Bush, who said to him, "You were
> ... right, Sweden does have an army."
> ...
> ... God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> ... between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
>No use. He is brain dead.
I bet he'd struggle with the difference between Iceland and Ireland
too :-)
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] (Bill Moore)
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
> ... article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
> ... Administration and the air of certainty they often have
> ... about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
> ...
> ... There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
> ... Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
> ... US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
> ... peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
> ... trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
> ... for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
> ... Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
> ... one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
> ... he said *Switzerland* and noted that actually they do have a
> ... national defense. Bush persisted, insisting that Sweden has no
> ... army, and the room was quiet until someone changed the subject.
> ... Some weeks later Lantos ran into Bush, who said to him, "You were
> ... right, Sweden does have an army."
> ...
> ... God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> ... between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
>No use. He is brain dead.
I bet he'd struggle with the difference between Iceland and Ireland
too :-)
--
Martin
Oct 26th 2004 | 9:54 pm
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On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
> God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
:)
--
Tim C.
> God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
:)
--
Tim C.
Oct 26th 2004 | 9:59 pm
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"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
> > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
> He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
> http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
I don't believe that!
Yes I do ...............
(Answer available for Bush when he replies).
Surreyman
news:1098870859.flJDHEqkgSP72ApHher9bA@teranews...
> On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
> > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
> He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
> http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
I don't believe that!
Yes I do ...............
(Answer available for Bush when he replies).
Surreyman
Oct 26th 2004 | 10:59 pm
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:54:19 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
...
... > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
... > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
...
... He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
...
... http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
I remember that. I even kept the photo in my HD and sent it to all my american friends.
Apparently their atlases are not the same as ours... LOL
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
...
... > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
... > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
...
... He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
...
... http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
I remember that. I even kept the photo in my HD and sent it to all my american friends.
Apparently their atlases are not the same as ours... LOL
Oct 27th 2004 | 12:44 am
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"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> schrieb :
> He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
> http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
> :)
> --
> Tim C.
When he gets retired in a few days, who knows, maybe
he wants to visit Prag to have a good look at the alps.
Sascha
> He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
> http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
> :)
> --
> Tim C.
When he gets retired in a few days, who knows, maybe
he wants to visit Prag to have a good look at the alps.
Sascha
Oct 27th 2004 | 2:30 am
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In article <[email protected]>,
Keith Willshaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Bill Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
>> article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
>> Administration and the air of certainty they often have
>> about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
>> There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
>> Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
>> US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
>> peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
>> trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
>> for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
>> Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
>> one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
>> he said *Switzerland*
>Then Lantos is just as ignorant. Switzerland has a rather
>large army for its size. Every able bodied male of
>military age is required to undertake annual miltary
>training and keep his uniform and rifle at home.
You snipped the part (just after the word "Switzerland") where
Lantos says the it does have a national defense. Lantos is not
ignorant.
Keith Willshaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Bill Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Last week's Sunday NY Times magazine had an interesting
>> article called "Without A Doubt" about the Bush
>> Administration and the air of certainty they often have
>> about things that is rooted in their religious attitudes.
>> There was mention of a meeting with California Congressman
>> Tom Lantos (I believe he is the only Holocaust survivor in the
>> US Congress) and they were discussing the possibility of sending
>> peacekeeping troops to help with Israel/Palestine and they were
>> trying to come up with countries that might be good candidates
>> for troops and Lantos suggested the Scandanavian countries,
>> Sweden in particular. Bush's response was "Sweden is the neutral
>> one. They don't have an army." Lantos said that Bush must have thought
>> he said *Switzerland*
>Then Lantos is just as ignorant. Switzerland has a rather
>large army for its size. Every able bodied male of
>military age is required to undertake annual miltary
>training and keep his uniform and rifle at home.
You snipped the part (just after the word "Switzerland") where
Lantos says the it does have a national defense. Lantos is not
ignorant.
Oct 27th 2004 | 2:31 am
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In article <[email protected]>,
Mark Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Jeroen Wijnands" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> Keith Willshaw wrote:
>> And as to sweden not having an army:
>> http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
>> It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
>> aircrafts.
>It's navy also devlops its own warships. They are investing in stealth
>technology at the moment I believe.
Yes. The point really is that the president of the US couldn't
distinguish Sweden from Switzerland.
Mark Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Jeroen Wijnands" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> Keith Willshaw wrote:
>> And as to sweden not having an army:
>> http://www.mil.se/?lang=E
>> It's even one of the few countries that still develops it's own
>> aircrafts.
>It's navy also devlops its own warships. They are investing in stealth
>technology at the moment I believe.
Yes. The point really is that the president of the US couldn't
distinguish Sweden from Switzerland.
Oct 27th 2004 | 2:34 am
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>"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1098870859.flJDHEqkgSP72ApHher9bA@teranews.. .
>> On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
>> > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
>> > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
>> He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
>> http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
It was just filling in while Austria was vacationing.
>news:1098870859.flJDHEqkgSP72ApHher9bA@teranews.. .
>> On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
>> > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
>> > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
>> He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
>> http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
It was just filling in while Austria was vacationing.
Oct 27th 2004 | 2:37 am
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In article <[email protected]>, Magda <> wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:54:19 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
> ...
> ... > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> ... > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
> ...
> ... He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
> ...
> ... http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
>I remember that. I even kept the photo in my HD and sent it to all my
>american friends.
>Apparently their atlases are not the same as ours... LOL
Hey, we're not *all* that way.
>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:54:19 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On 26 Oct 2004 16:26:18 -0600, Bill Moore wrote:
> ...
> ... > God forbid someone should have to ever explain the difference
> ... > between Slovakia and Slovenia to him!
> ...
> ... He's probably been informed by the same people that help CNN :
> ...
> ... http://www.alpineroads.com/general/switzerland.jpg
>I remember that. I even kept the photo in my HD and sent it to all my
>american friends.
>Apparently their atlases are not the same as ours... LOL
Hey, we're not *all* that way.
