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| Author offers to cancel speech in wake of boycott |
| 2004-09-26 |
| A controversial author invited to speak at the Army's annual professional development symposium in Europe next week has offered to cancel his appearance in the wake of a German boycott of the event. Ralph Peters, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, a writer and frequent lecturer on military affairs, is slated to speak at U.S. Army Europe's three-day Land Combat Expo on the future of warfare. "I have made an offer to withdraw, if that's what USAREUR thinks is best. And there will be no hard feelings against USAREUR on my part," Peters told Stars and Stripes on Thursday. "The important thing is the expo," he added. "It's not me, it's not the German tanks. It's the troops." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 I ain't for moving crap. I am for dowsizing some and bringing the ones cut home. We built all the infrastructure lets use it. The ones left over can move where it's warmer like along the mexican border. I am not for tossing the baby out with the bath water. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 10:06:57 PM |
| #11 German cars!? Hail to the King, baby! |
| Posted by: The Caucasus Nerd 2004-09-26 9:57:00 PM |
| #10 Rafael... ask again when gas costs 5,50 $ a gallon in the U.S. :-) And producing a car every woman can park safely is kinda smart. And re defending Germany or Poland... dunno if you really insist: The closer you are to the Russkies the better for us! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-09-26 9:53:49 PM |
| #9 Move our troops to some of the countries worth defending like Poland... Oh man...that would be a BIG mistake. You're better off with German mud believe me. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-09-26 9:44:50 PM |
| #8 Hell all I can afford is this. At least it's German designed, kinda. No that is not my back yard. I just bought it and have yet to get it home and given a good cleaning. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 9:44:16 PM |
| #7 Oh RWV, the German maggots still build rather good cars So how do you explain the Smart car? ;) |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-09-26 9:42:59 PM |
| #6 Rear-mounted, 3.6 liters, 6 cylinder 444 hp (SAE) @ 5,700 rpm Torque 457 lb-ft @ 3,500-4,500 rpm If anybody needs Ralph Nader, he's out back, throwing up. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-09-26 9:30:38 PM |
| #5 Peters usually bats .600 with his writings. Methinks he's in a slump. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-09-26 9:26:43 PM |
| #4 "This just proves they still have a deep fascist streak,” Peters said. “It’s really a shame that none of my books are in print in Germany, because then they could burn them like they did in the 1930s.” Yeah this is the guy I would invite to a U.S.-German friendship meeting... Oh RWV, the German maggots still build rather good cars: TAKE THIS AND THIS (I bet dotcom has more pics..lol) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-09-26 11:01:29 AM |
| #3 Reading the whole article all I can say is - Gee, Ralph, tell us what you really feel, don't hold back. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-09-26 10:27:48 AM |
| #2 The Germans wouldn't make a good pimple on Ralph's (well, you know). If they had any smarts, they would listen to Ralph and learn something meaningful. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-26 1:45:12 AM |
| #1 I didn't realize that Ralph Peters was so eloquent. Amen. The sooner we shake the German mud from our boots the better. Move our troops to some of the countries worth defending like Poland, Italy, Hungary, et al. It wouldn't hurt to have some troops in the Ukraine either. Germany is a decomposing corpse and there's no good reason to defend the maggots. They can't even build good cars anymore. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-09-26 1:08:45 AM |
