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Re: gas out
"Mark van Hornsveld" <yellowpolo at hotmail_com> sez:
>On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:30:59 GMT, cemery at columbus_rr.com (Chris Emery)
>wrote
>>I think there's better things to get up in arms about. Like the fact that the
>>US
>Indeed mostly the US, since the europeans are, as always, too divided
>to keep the peace in their own continent.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, Mark.
>>is bombing a soveriegn nation without a declaration of war from
>Congress.
>Not to mention keeping it out of the UN Security Council so the
>Russians and the Chinese can't veto them.
>
>>I very strongly feel that after 30 days have passed, either we
>>1) stop bombing
>Party time at Milosevic' house
;-)
>>or 2) declare war.
>Never, 'cause thousands of Kosovans (Kosovarians?) are not worth the
>lives of relatively few American, Dutch, German, French, ....
>soldiers.
True, plus it's safer politically to bomb without declaring war, then call it
a war after the fact (so vets get their benefits), then it is to declare it
outright.
>Which brings up the immediate question
>Would YOU (I) risk your life by going there??
Not a chance, brother. What's in it for me?
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References:
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