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2003-06-13 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-06-13 11:30 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We have changed it precisely to meet the fears of our American friends.

Get one thing straight, Louie. Nothing BELGIUM does inspires fear in America.

"Now is the time to launch a charm offensive to try to end" the divisions within NATO...

Oh, boy! Chocolate for everybody!

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-13 11:41:33|| 2003-06-13 11:41:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Dude, the first amendment was months ago. This latest statement is Belgium's way of saying they won't change it a second time. This is defiance, not compliance.

The amendment to which Belgium's minister refers is just not good enough. It's full of loopholes, which is why Rumsfeld is calling for them to change it a second, or else. I've always thought Brussels was an incongruous setting for NATO's HQ, anyway. How about Denmark?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-06-13 12:15:28|| 2003-06-13 12:15:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Tip for the Belgians: before you charge someone with war crimes, make sure you can get your hands on them. Gen. Franks might be a wee bit out of your reach.

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-06-13 12:39:44|| 2003-06-13 12:39:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's assume universal jurisdiction over speed limits; and have Congress pass a law making the maximum speed limit in Belgium 15 miles (and I do mean miles) per hour. Any Belgian driving faster than that would be presumed to be engaged in traffic genocide.

Posted by (uppercase) Matt 2003-06-13 12:53:05|| 2003-06-13 12:53:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Those morons can't even prosecute a child-molesting serial killer they caught red-handed.

Zhang, Denmark would have been -way- too vulnerable to being overrun by the Soviets in a hypothetical WWIII.

Posted by Ernest Brown 2003-06-13 14:37:03|| [saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2003-06-13 14:37:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I say that we pass a law the makes it Illegal to speak French. Penalty is Death. Get all of them at once.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC California Chapter) 2003-06-13 14:38:15|| 2003-06-13 14:38:15|| Front Page Top

#7 The Belgian attitude problem is symptomatic of something that's very, very wrong in Europe - the idea that Europe is the "center of the universe", and the world must listen to anything that spews forth from there. Their attitude is arrogant, ignorant, condescending, and inane. I have not been able to find ONE BIT of evidence to support the allegations made in Brussels regarding these charges. As long as just any person can charge anyone in the world with "war crimes" without posting extensive evidence that such crimes actually took place, and the person charged with those crimes actually had something to do with them, the rest of the world will view Belgium and Europe as a collection of village idiots with access to a news channel.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-06-13 18:32:27|| 2003-06-13 18:32:27|| Front Page Top

#8 "Gen. Franks might be a wee bit out of your reach."
And should they ever arrest Franks, the SOF-D and SEALs will get the mission of their lifetimes.

Posted by RW 2003-06-13 20:39:21|| 2003-06-13 20:39:21|| Front Page Top

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