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2003-11-07 Europe

Greeks: USA a greater threat than Israel

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Posted by Frank G 2003-11-07 11:50:05 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And in other news today....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-7 11:53:25 AM|| 2003-11-7 11:53:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks. We're touched. Did they call us "cowboys", too?

Posted by tu3031 2003-11-7 11:53:54 AM|| 2003-11-7 11:53:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres on Friday dismissed the seriousness of a poll indicating that 59 percent of the European Unionâs citizens think Israel is a threat to world peace.

Peres is always sucking up to the Euros despite the fact that the US is Israel's only dependable friend in the world. It would be typical of this appeaser to believe that Europeans don't actually hate Israel.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-11-7 11:57:15 AM|| 2003-11-7 11:57:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Greeks were among the few Europeans that did not consider Israel to be the main threat to world peace, giving the position to the USA instead"

-"My Big Fat Greek Who Gives a Rat's Ass" - Always strive to be number one in whatever you do I always say! LOL. Its funny how Greek-Americans are some of the most patriotic people you will ever meet.....

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-7 12:02:35 PM|| 2003-11-7 12:02:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Jarhead -- no big surprise there. They hear from the folks back in the old country what a shithole the alternative is.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-11-7 1:09:59 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-11-7 1:09:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 No Sweat.

When all is said and done they will be standing in line to kiss our butt.

Then we can discuss some of these issues.

Kind of makes you wonder where is Xerxes when you need him.

Come to think of it in a way we are in the process of sort of recreating that old entity.

Maybe that's what is really on their mind.

Memory is long in that part of the world.

Posted by Michael 2003-11-7 1:30:29 PM|| 2003-11-7 1:30:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 RC - agreed. They know the benefits of coming to this country, being business entrepreneurs, still retaining their heritage but also embracing that which makes this country great. The ones I've been lucky enough to call friends are brilliant folks. -Their food ain't bad either ;)

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-7 1:52:02 PM|| 2003-11-7 1:52:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It's weird Greek-Americans are absolutely the coolest people on earth. Did we just get the cream?

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-7 3:44:26 PM|| 2003-11-7 3:44:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Shipman, I agree 100%. I've also found Greek-Australians to be the some of the coolest people I've met as well. Our frequent Greek poster here on rantburg however has made it clear again and again that Greeks in Greece have a different outlook on America.

The thing is, they are right in a way. If you consider peace to be the status quo where millions live under brutal authoritarian regimes that support terrorism. Yes, the US is the most likely t upset that peace. Some had learned to live with the low level of violence (at least in their countries) and turn a deaf ear to the brutalized masses and are afraid of change.

I hope a decade from now they hold their manhood cheap that they were not with King Bushy on St. Crispins day.

Posted by Yank 2003-11-7 3:58:36 PM|| 2003-11-7 3:58:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#10

Boycott the Olympics

That's the Jimmy Carter approach. I say we go there and dominate the medal dias as usual. They can boo all they want but the star spangled banner is going to be sounding again and again.

Posted by Tokyo Taro 2003-11-7 8:47:56 PM|| 2003-11-7 8:47:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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