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2004-04-08 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2004-04-08 9:01:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Relationships sure have changed with Belgium since they were talking about filing war crimes charges against Bush and Blair some months ago. We must really have twisted some hairs since then, as they've dropped the charges, amended their war crime statutes, and now this!

Posted by Dar 2004-04-08 9:56:08 AM|| 2004-04-08 9:56:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 NATO: Needs Americans To Operate

Posted by B 2004-04-08 10:16:40 AM|| 2004-04-08 10:16:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Did W send some Scharffen-Berger chocolate, too?

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-04-08 10:44:46 AM|| 2004-04-08 10:44:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure there was a telephone call to Belgium from George Bush, from an unlisted, untraceable number. Somewhere during the call, the comment was made about "Just ask the French how much it costs to thumb your nose at America". That's all it takes. The French are STILL taking it in the shorts. It may be years before things get back to normal between our two nations, and France may be totally bankrupt by then. At least they make an excellent "bad example".

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-04-08 11:30:56 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-04-08 11:30:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I LOVE Sharfenn-Berger! Such good flavor.

Posted by remote man 2004-04-08 12:33:35 PM|| 2004-04-08 12:33:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm not convinced. Now if they flushed the ICC down the crapper and decided to begin minding their own business with regard to indicting others for actions not within their jurisdiction, that'd be a different story....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-08 2:09:00 PM|| 2004-04-08 2:09:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 --It may be years--

decades, if ever.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-04-08 3:37:19 PM|| 2004-04-08 3:37:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank you Belgium!
Thank you Belgium!
Thank you Thank you! Thank you Thank you!
THANK YOU!
and that is all you git.

There see, we are fair minded.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-08 5:27:40 PM|| 2004-04-08 5:27:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Interesting.Belgium is a firm ally of France and Germany in EU.Considering Chirac recently embarrassed England in a speech,the leaking of this by Belgium could be seen as rebuke to French.
(I maintain that a Euro country sending troops to Afghanistan is a way for that country to say "See,we're still good friends of US"-despite opposing everything else US does.)
On the other hand,the exchange of messages may just be routine diplomacy.

Posted by Stephen 2004-04-08 6:53:13 PM|| 2004-04-08 6:53:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 EU countries don't have a problem with supporting us in Afghanistan--It's the lies about Iraq they have a problem with

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2004-04-09 1:18:48 AM|| 2004-04-09 1:18:48 AM|| Front Page Top

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