Hi Kyle,

   I think its important to understand - our governments are at odds, thet
doesn't mean the "people" are. The are people here who are against Bush - so
he doesn't rrepresent 100 of our population either. My mom rec'd a call from
Germany from anxious kin - asking if we personally were mad with them
because of the government stance. My ask if she was crazy. The German people
are very much attached to the Americans. While historical we have ties to
the UK, we also have large immigrant populations from Germany also.

I spoke with Julianna yesterday - she is Alex's birth mother ( child I have
custody of) and she is living illegally in Paris. She says things are
settling down a bit and it safe for the English speaking to be in public
again. They had gone into hiding. Upon occasion I really fail to see how we
can consider our civilized if people need to hide.

                                            Trisha


> Of the three said nations, only Germany has small arms that work.  None of
> the three can field an army that can compete in any theatre with a
> well-trained force--even a brigade of IDF infantry could stand their own
> against the entire forces of the other three.  Former comm-bloc/Warsaw
> Pact
> countries have the military discipline and industrial bases to easily be
> our
> new partners in Europe.  NATO and UN are artifacts of the 20th century.
> Rumsfield is right: we need to reassess our list of allies.
>
> Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:11 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The World Court in The Hague
>
>
> well france had not participated in nato military
> operations for some years now. the do have a aircraft
> carrier that the built. unfortunately the flight deck
> was made too short for the fighter bombers and so they
> can only use choppers or harriers on it. waste of good
> champange to launch it. " i christen the "chiekin of
> the sea." hey i calls em the way i sees em.
>   former sec of state engleburger (can't spell it)
> said that france could not be considered a friend. not
> only were they against us, they were briefing the
> iraqies on every meetting that their diplamats had
> with ours. there is a price to pay.
>   there is quite a bit of antisemite feelings in
> france too.