From: Keith on 3 Oct 2006 11:58 In article <QQeUg.977$NE6.665(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message > news:XOSdncxhP5FZ_bzYRVnyvQ(a)pipex.net... > > > > "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message > > news:qsh2i2drpinua4j4gbg6utio5ap565jm4q(a)4ax.com... > >> > >> Yeah, like: "If we give you this money will you promise to use it to > >> feed your people and not to make weapons with it?" > > > > Or "If we give you this money will you promise to use it to buy weapons > > and fight [Insert Disliked Government of the Day] and promise never to > > fight us - unless you really have to?" > > Oh, you mean like the Reagen and Clinton administrations did with Osama bin > Laden when he was fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan? Are you always this stupid? <much more trash snipped> -- Keith
From: Eeyore on 3 Oct 2006 11:58 Lloyd Parker wrote: > Keith Olbermann had a good commentary a week or two ago about Bush calling a > criticism "unacceptable." " Unacceptable to think " in fact ! Yes I've seen it. Very damning indeed. Graham
From: John Fields on 3 Oct 2006 12:02 On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:35:16 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: > >> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:52:45 +0100, Eeyore wrote: >> >John Fields wrote: >> >> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:05:11 +0100, Eeyore wrote: >> >> >John Larkin wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Graham has a pathological and mostly irrational hatred of America, >> >> > >> >> >Not at all. I am however intruiged how Americancs invariably bring out the hate word the very second >even the tiniest >> >> criticism is voiced against them. >> >> > >> >> >It's not hate at all, more like despair at the crass stupidity of your governmemnt and the ppl who >elected them. >> >> > >> >> >> and makes up things to support that need. >> >> > >> >> >Simply no need ever to do that ! >> >> > >> >> >> So naturally he doesn't like to >> >> >> be reminded about stuff like WWII or the Cold War. He believes that >> >> >> the UK and Russia defeated Germany with little need for US assistance. >> >> > >> >> >The USA was around 3 years late to the party of course. I have little doubt that Russia would have >eventually defeated >> >> Germany anyway. Germany could certainly never ever have defeated Russia, the >numbers simply aren't even >> >> remotelycredible. >> >> >> >> --- >> >> That's all Monday morning quarterbacking but, if as you say, had >> >> Russia defeated Germany without the US being involved do you think >> >> that you'd still be speaking English as a first language? >> > >> >Probably. Once Germany knew it was losing it's quite likely that's they'd have abondoned the war with Britain and asked for >> >our help. History's quite clear on this point. >> >> --- >> And if you'd have helped them, Russia would have wiped you both out >> because of Germany's double-crossing Russia and you'd be speaking >> Russian right now, if anything. >> >> If you'd elected not to help them, then Russia would have wiped them >> out and who's to say Stalin wouldn't have had his eye on a weak >> little island incapable of defending itself at that point? And for >> that matter, all of Europe. In which case, if he had his way with >> you, you'd be speaking Russian right now. In public, anyway. > >No way. If Britain and Germany had allied, the rest of Europe would have joined us too ( except the Swedes and Swiss probably ) --- Yeah, right! A pretty much tapped-out England and Germany joined by a bunch of little pissant states squabbling about who'd be leading and who'd be following and is this proper and is that not proper, and in the meantime the Russian juggernaut would have rolled right over you, LOL! -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Eeyore on 3 Oct 2006 12:03 JoeBloe wrote: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:17:53 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >US aid is frequently accompanied by compulsory 'trade concessions' that favour the > >USA. > > Funny, I don't recall us ever asking Russia for anything for the > millions of tons of wheat we have sent them over the last several > decades. Why does Russia need 'aid' ? Why is it going there. Can't they pay for it? Graham
From: Eeyore on 3 Oct 2006 12:04
JoeBloe wrote: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:17:53 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > > but the *SMALLEST* among developed countries as a > >percentage of its GDP > > Whoopie fuckin doo. That proves that we are a prosperous nation and > we still beat everyone else on the tab. No. It proves you're shallow. Graham |