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2006-01-20 Europe

France defends right to nuclear reply to terrorism

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Posted by tipper 2006-01-20 11:58|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Unilateral? No approval first from the EU?

Posted by Captain America 2006-01-20 13:42|| 2006-01-20 13:42|| Front Page Top

#2 nope, and the far leftie types in Europe are pissed.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-01-20 14:00|| 2006-01-20 14:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Seriously, liberalhawk? Angry at the standard bearer of anti-Americanism? Wonders never cease!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-20 15:13|| 2006-01-20 15:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I never put much credence in the Punctuated Equilibrium theory, but lo and behold! It seems to work! Maybe in time the frogs would become vertebratae. ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2006-01-20 16:05|| 2006-01-20 16:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn't Rep. Tom Tancredo catch all kinds of hell for suggesting that IF we're HIT BY AN ISLAMIST NUKE, Mecca might be on the target grid?

So where exactly does Jacques Shellac intend to drop his nukes? Yanbu? Jeddah? Petra?

Posted by The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-20 18:26|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2006-01-20 18:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Not Petra, please -- those rock carvings are gorgeous!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-20 20:51|| 2006-01-20 20:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Didn't Rep. Tom Tancredo catch all kinds of hell for suggesting that IF we're HIT BY AN ISLAMIST NUKE, Mecca might be on the target grid?

Yeah, but see, Jacques isn't an American, so the reaction to anything he says isn't likely to be as swift or as vocal.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-20 21:00|| 2006-01-20 21:00|| Front Page Top

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