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From: jmfbahciv on 18 Jan 2007 08:22 In article <i98qq29j207ke01380bfk1h82rhguhf8lb(a)4ax.com>, Jonathan Kirwan <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote: >On Tue, 16 Jan 07 10:34:37 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) >wrote: > >>In article <eoin12$8qk_002(a)s961.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >><snippage for bah's reader> > >>>NATO is now in charge of helping Afghanistan. Bush isn't supposed >>>to be helping there. >> >>What? We invaded! > >Yeah! So everyone else has to help patch things up after we break >them. That's fair, right? Our motto, "We break 'em, you remake 'em." > > ;) It would behoove you to watch what happens and NATO's performance. Our enemies certainly are and, at this moment, are testing the backbone strength of a European-based association. If there is no backbone in Europe, one tactic may be to whack that area first because it is the weaker. And it's closer. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Jan 2007 08:23 In article <45ACE635.E678672D(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> When Iran starts a war against some country >> in the West, where are you going to base your armies and air force? >> In England? > >More problematic is likely to be Iran's problem about where to base *their* >forces. > >LMAO ! If you try to think a little bit, Iran won't need to have bases in the beginning. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 18 Jan 2007 08:31 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> I guess another thing I need to think about is why people > >> cannot consider the notion that there is a civilization conflict. > > > >Try culture rather than civilisation. > > I didn't use culture because a culture is a subset of a > civilization. It needn't be - at least when using the word civilisation properly. So how would you address this difference between our cultures ? > I determine civilization by the activity and infrastructures of trade. That's a very narrow and inadequate meaning of the word. This one I found seems to do the job better. " a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) " Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Jan 2007 08:53 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> Congress just passed a bill that cause all food processing to be > >> moved to foreign lands. > > > >Does this bill have a name ? > > I can't remember its title. What it does is raise the minimum > wage to $7.50/hour. That's not very much. It's less than in the UK in fact. Now, why do you think it will cause all food processing to be moved to foreign lands ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Jan 2007 08:55
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >> When Iran starts a war against some country > >> in the West, where are you going to base your armies and air force? > >> In England? > > > >More problematic is likely to be Iran's problem about where to base *their* > >forces. > > > >LMAO ! > > If you try to think a little bit, Iran won't need to have > bases in the beginning. Ah, the 'fifth column' you mean ? We've started putting them on trial and sending them to jail. Graham |