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2004-06-17 Europe

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-06-17 00:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Balance is good. Arafat is bad.

Posted by Capt America 2004-06-17 1:46:16 AM|| 2004-06-17 1:46:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Eurostatists have their hands full because of the Anti-EU block within -- particularly the British, Czechs, Poles, and Scandanavians.

They don't have as much time to plant a smooch on Yessir Yourafart's bony behind.

Posted by BigEd 2004-06-17 1:46:59 AM|| 2004-06-17 1:46:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 In response, Arafat this week sent a private delegation to Syria to establish a Syrian-Palestinian front to defeat Sharon's withdrawal plan and keep the Egyptians from assuming security responsibility in the Gaza Strip. Assad, under intense U.S. and international pressure because of his support for the Iraq insurgency and Hezbollah, has thus far refused to receive the delegation, which is reportedly still waiting in Damascus.

Hmmm?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-17 9:57:44 AM|| 2004-06-17 9:57:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't think that Arafat has that many friends left with the old EU members either.

Posted by True German Ally 2004-06-17 9:59:02 AM|| 2004-06-17 9:59:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 thats the gist of the linked article, TGA - even the French are inching away. Still dont trust them on this, though.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-17 10:00:45 AM|| 2004-06-17 10:00:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "On THIS" LH?
Don't trust them on anything.

Posted by True German Ally 2004-06-17 10:05:49 AM|| 2004-06-17 10:05:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "We are not asking for a pro-Israeli attitude, we are asking for a more balanced attitude of the European Union," Shalom said.

Sounds reasonable--France won't like that ...

Observers attribute the EU's traditional pro-Palestinian stance to its close economic ties to Arab countries and growing Muslim populations throughout Europe.

Uh, no. They are pro-Palestinian because suffer a collective and never-ending guilt for what the end of WWII delivered to the Palestinians: loss of land and status. It is not necessarily an outrageous position for Europe to take, on its face, but it is a rather convenient tool for avoiding the truth about anti-Semitism and their countries' culpability in what WWII delivered to the Jews. The strange thing is that they perceive themselves as guardians of fairness on this issue.

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-17 10:57:25 AM|| 2004-06-17 10:57:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Eur a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
Eur as cuddly as a cactus,
Eur as charming as an eel.
EU have termites in your smile.
EU have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile.
Eur a mean one, Mr. Grinch.

You tell 'em TGA. Take that Eurafat.

Posted by Zpaz 2004-06-17 2:42:06 PM|| 2004-06-17 2:42:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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