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2004-01-09 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2004-01-09 1:17:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Arabs were to give France strategic independence from the US. Franceâs attempt, first through the European Economic Community and now through the European Union to create a unified European foreign policy, in competition with the US and led by France, sees European alliance with the Arab world as one of the primary sources of this strategic independence."

So, hows that workin' out for ya Peppi?

Lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-1-9 6:58:21 AM|| 2004-1-9 6:58:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "the volume of this population flow was unprecedented in the history of European colonialization. And also unprecedented was the European decision to allow and encourage the new immigrants to maintain their ties to their countries of origin and thus prevent their integration into European society."

Welcome to U.S. immigration policy regarding Mexican illegals.

I am a HUGE fan of legal immigration in part because America is strengthened by the natural cultural diversity that results from immigration and the assimilation of motivated, talented people from all over the world, and also because my own ancestors escaped starvation and slaughter when they came to this great nation. The difference is that they came here to become Americans, as do the vast majority of foreigners who apply for and receive American citizenship.

Mexican illegals are here to make money and send it home, not to become Americans. They expect to be Mexicans in Mexico while in America, thereby morphing America to be more like Mexico.

Chinese proverb: put a frog into boiling water and it will jump out. Put a frog into cool water and slowly bring it to a boil and the frog will die, not noticing the slow incremental rise in temperature until it is too late.

Through negligent immigration practices (which totally differ from our immigration laws), our politicians have de facto allowed and encouraged the chipping away of America and itâs proud culture, and turned the USA into a pot of slowly warming waterâ¦

Posted by Hyper 2004-1-9 10:33:41 AM|| 2004-1-9 10:33:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This whole thing points out how absolutely stupid Bin Laden was for igniting a war with the US. Another decade and half of Europe would have been Islamic at the rate they were going.

Heck, if the Muslims in England, France and Germany moved into Spain and Greece they could add them back to the Dar al-Islam almost immediately. It looked like they were going for a longer term demographic shift in Europe and Bin Laden went of prematurely.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-1-9 11:47:06 AM|| 2004-1-9 11:47:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 God works in mysterious ways maybe.

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-9 12:53:58 PM|| 2004-1-9 12:53:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sometimes I think he has a strange sense of humor, though...

Posted by Fred 2004-1-9 2:22:33 PM|| 2004-1-9 2:22:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The best model I've found for a God is not Yahweh or Allah, but Loki.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-9 3:35:59 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-9 3:35:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Einstein said, "God doesn't play dice with the universe."

Hawkings retorted with, "Not only does God play dice, he sometimes throws them where they can't be seen."

Sounds more like Loki to me, too, Grid Willing, of course.

Posted by .com 2004-1-9 4:22:31 PM|| 2004-1-9 4:22:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 God does play dice with the universe and the dice are loaded.

Posted by Cotton Mather 2004-1-9 6:07:24 PM|| 2004-1-9 6:07:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Hyper - I call them tumors...

ruprecht - IMHO, you're dead right about OBL's "CharlieFox" (as Dr. Steve so colorfully pointed out elsewhere today) strategy. Not only did he attack the one entity who could and would fight back, but his minions have added dropping turds on the living room floor of several nations who were doing the wink, wink, nudge, nudge routine with the jihadis. Doh! I think he and his ilk are remarkably stupid. In parallel, if the US institutions and agencies who are responsible for going after financing terrorism were doing their job worth a shit (they are half-assed, IMHO) - and publicly excoriating the foreign states which are not cooperating, OBL & Co. would be limited to hand-carried cash... and all that physical handling would give us far more opportunities to bag 'em. OT, we could also kick some Feeb and Pentagon ass over the translator issue which is obviously working against us. Just a few little fixes here and there would make a huge difference in the cumulative difficulty factor we face.

Posted by .com 2004-1-9 6:32:44 PM|| 2004-1-9 6:32:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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