France shows some (small) balls

"Matthias Voss" <spammat.voss@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Popeye NCAT3 wrote:
>
> >>The scandal in the food for oil money detours has nothing to do with
> >>Ivory coast. Pls. step in where you feel the need to.
> >
> >
> > We were talking about -any- decision of the so-called "security
council"
> > being bribable.
>
> In that decisions of members should not be influenced by lobbying, or
> bribery, I concur with you. Absolutely.

So let us know when the prosecutions for same begin.

>From: "Scott" pugetsounddiver@geemail.com

>A big part of Dubya's popularity is that he was all too willing to thumb his
>nose at them and their attempts to endanger the US for money

Hear, hear.

Fuck the rest of you ungrateful bastards.


Popeye
The Greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing
the world he didn't exist. Kaiser Sose

dazed and confuzed <dedmann@netnitco.net> wrote in message news:<LMGdnT1IWOrcjw3cRVn-qg@netnitco.net>...
> Matthias Voss wrote:
>
> > Dillon Pyron wrote:
> >
> >> But at least it's showing something. The Ivory Coast may not be Iraq,
> >> but they've invaded for all the right reasons. ie, because somebody
> >> pissed them off enough to get them off their asses.
> >
> > First of all, they have a UN mandate to use military force.
> >
> Because there are no bribes worth taking from the powers there...

I think that you grossly underestimate the amount of money that our
African friends are willing to spend.

Cheers,

Froggy

"froggy" <hub666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> dazed and confuzed <dedmann@netnitco.net> wrote in message
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> > Matthias Voss wrote:
> >
> > > Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > >
> > >> But at least it's showing something. The Ivory Coast may not be
Iraq,
> > >> but they've invaded for all the right reasons. ie, because somebody
> > >> pissed them off enough to get them off their asses.
> > >
> > > First of all, they have a UN mandate to use military force.
> > >
> > Because there are no bribes worth taking from the powers there...
>
> I think that you grossly underestimate the amount of money that our
> African friends are willing to spend.

And you all underestimate the number of lives they are willing to waste,
with a wink and a nod.

"Matthias Voss" <spammat.voss@gmx.de> wrote in message
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<snip>

> The scandal in the food for oil money detours has nothing to do with
> Ivory coast. Pls. step in where you feel the need to.

What? Like Popeye needs permission?

Michael Wolf wrote:

> TonyP wrote:
>
>> Popeye NCAT3 wrote:
>>
>>>> From: Matthias Voss spammat.voss@gmx.de Date: 11/8/2004 1:56 PM
>>>> Eastern Standard Time
>>>> Message-id: <cmofhu$fcb$02$2@news.t-online.com>
>>>>
>>>> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>>>> But at least it's showing something. The Ivory Coast may not be Iraq,
>>>>> but they've invaded for all the right reasons. ie, because somebody
>>>>> pissed them off enough to get them off their asses.

>>>> First of all, they have a UN mandate to use military force.

>>> Yeah, they -do- need to get permission, eh?

>> You mean to say, that the French were attacked, the next day they
>> retaliated, but they had a vote in the UN to do this? All in just one
>> day? Did the USA vote on this?

> They were there as part of the UN peace keeping force since 2003. They
> had a mandate.

To attack?

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> >And you all underestimate the number of lives they are willing to waste,
> >with a wink and a nod.
> >
> The Rawandans made Hitler look like a sloppy slow poke.

They are still finding mass graves in Iraq.

The cradle of civilization.

Mesopotamia.

And Bush is the asshole.

Thus spake "Scott" <pugetsounddiver@geemail.com> :

>
>"froggy" <hub666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> dazed and confuzed <dedmann@netnitco.net> wrote in message
>news:<LMGdnT1IWOrcjw3cRVn-qg@netnitco.net>...
>> > Matthias Voss wrote:
>> >
>> > > Dillon Pyron wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> But at least it's showing something. The Ivory Coast may not be
>Iraq,
>> > >> but they've invaded for all the right reasons. ie, because somebody
>> > >> pissed them off enough to get them off their asses.
>> > >
>> > > First of all, they have a UN mandate to use military force.
>> > >
>> > Because there are no bribes worth taking from the powers there...
>>
>> I think that you grossly underestimate the amount of money that our
>> African friends are willing to spend.
>
>And you all underestimate the number of lives they are willing to waste,
>with a wink and a nod.
>
The Rawandans made Hitler look like a sloppy slow poke.

--
dillon

"When the French are against it, you know we can't
be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman

"froggy" <hub666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> No need for a new vote. But yes, the US had approved the terms of the
> existing UN mandate.

And if We hadn't, would you give a fuck?

http://www.pressedefrance.com/Presse...UTION=133 054

So why should we give a fuck what you think?

froggy wrote:

> dazed and confuzed <dedmann@netnitco.net> wrote in message news:<LMGdnT1IWOrcjw3cRVn-qg@netnitco.net>...
>
>>Matthias Voss wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>But at least it's showing something. The Ivory Coast may not be Iraq,
>>>>but they've invaded for all the right reasons. ie, because somebody
>>>>pissed them off enough to get them off their asses.
>>>
>>>First of all, they have a UN mandate to use military force.
>>>
>>
>>Because there are no bribes worth taking from the powers there...
>
>
> I think that you grossly underestimate the amount of money that our
> African friends are willing to spend.

The words Bokassa and diamonds come to mind...

--
Michael Wolf

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