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From: Don Bowey on 6 Aug 2006 20:03 On 8/6/06 1:08 PM, in article XtpTXGrIxk1EFwj5(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk, "John Woodgate" <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In message <pfccd2lqe0q630mmdbgv7qs34qhl36uf38(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 > Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes >> I've never been to France, so I don't have any hands-on experience with >> the niceties or even the not-so-niceties of that culture, so that puts >> me out of judgement range. > > If you don't go to Paris, you'll love it. DON'T go to Paris. I go to Paris and really enjoy it a lot. But you can't trust my travel thoughts; I liked the UK, too.
From: Eeyore on 6 Aug 2006 20:09 Phat Bytestard wrote: > He was feeding ONLY his armies So where were the starving millions when we invaded the place ? I don't suppose it occurred to you they could grow their own food ? Graham
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 6 Aug 2006 20:14 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <pfccd2lqe0q630mmdbgv7qs34qhl36uf38(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 > Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes >> I've never been to France, so I don't have any hands-on experience >> with the niceties or even the not-so-niceties of that culture, so that >> puts me out of judgement range. > > If you don't go to Paris, you'll love it. DON'T go to Paris. It's OK apart from the dogshit Dirk
From: Eeyore on 6 Aug 2006 20:10 John Fields wrote: > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:06:56 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >John Woodgate wrote: > > > >> In message <1154865648.931183.173690(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > >> dated Sun, 6 Aug 2006, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org writes > >> > >> >As was pointed out before you invaded Irak, the three-way division of > >> >Irak into Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites makes it impossible to construct a > >> >stable government. > >> > >> The *government* was reasonably stable before Saddam, and, of course, > >> during his reign of oppression and genocide. Various sectors of the > >> population experienced bad things; such was the price of 'stability'. > > > >Overall it seems that the price under Saddam was less than the price under the > >coalition. > > --- > I think the cost in innocent Human lives under Saddam Hussein was > greater than the cost after his deposition. It depends entirely how you choose to do the accounting. Graham
From: Eeyore on 6 Aug 2006 20:11
Phat Bytestard wrote: > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:00:40 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > > >Jim Yanik wrote: > > > >> Saddam was using Oil-for-Food money to rebuild his palaces and fund WMD > >> programs > > > >There weren't any WMDs ! > > Yes there were No there weren't. Please provide just a single example of these. Graham |