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2007-02-14 Europe

Party Thoughts: Too Good Means Too Stupid. Let Europe Be On Its Own

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Posted by ed 2007-02-14 07:27|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Spot on! I'd add that the Eastern european nations (having more recent experience with tyranny) "get it". Western europe with the possible exception of Britain is toast.

Posted by DMFD 2007-02-14 10:24|| 2007-02-14 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 I think the President should come up with a Free Trade pact. Get Congress to ratify it, and then any country in the world that wants free trade with the USA and is willing to abide by the restrictions, can sign it as well.

The pact should be between the US and the signatories, not between the signatories and each other. If they want that they should arrange that themselves.

I think the effect of expanding free trade would be rapid and positive, and would make the US an even more vital hub of commerce than we already are.

Oh, and we should pull our troops out of Europe, and shut down NATO. Let the Europeans turn their NATO assets into a Euro force with no logistics.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-14 12:11|| 2007-02-14 12:11|| Front Page Top

#3 8) Learn what you are speaking about: the French proverb is : "Qui fait l'ange fait la bête". "Who tries to behave like an angel ends behaving like a beast".

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-02-14 14:24|| 2007-02-14 14:24|| Front Page Top

#4 IOW, Amer can go back into happy isolationism becuz the Euros don't = won't need us for WW1, WW2, the Cold War, let alone WW3/4, etal.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-14 20:09|| 2007-02-14 20:09|| Front Page Top

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