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July 19th, 2007
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| Milforum's Bouncer | My thoughts when Kim JongIl was in town last year.
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July 19th, 2007
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July 20th, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
Of course, there are non-official channels, everytime I hear of a coup somewhere I have to wonder...
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July 20th, 2007
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July 21st, 2007
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Question: Who the hell are we to tell the Europeans who they can do business with? This is exactly the type of 'bullying' the world accuses us of. How would we like it if Europe countries decided to punish US companies for doing business with Isreal? (who is also in violation of UN rules). Secondly, given our shortage of friends in the world right now does screwing around with British and Dutch Companies make any degree of political sense? Food for thought. | |
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July 21st, 2007
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I seriously doubt it will be enacted there will be rumblings and posturing from both sides and then it will be buried or "redefined" so that no one loses face and life will go on as usual. I seriously doubt that Europe is going to let the USA define its trade policies.
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July 21st, 2007
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| Banned | Admin edit: Removed! Last edited by Redleg; July 22nd, 2007 at 20:59. Reason: Personal attacks are not accepted! |
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July 21st, 2007
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Vir Cotto (Diplomat Attache) I thought I was supposed to provide detailed and the most accurate intelligence Londo Mollari raises his voice uproariously Londo Mollari (Ambassador) Intelligence has nothing to do with politics!!
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July 21st, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Ted: The reason the whole "EU trading partners" was mentioned is because a lot of Europeans like to take a Holier Than Thou Arte attitude and point out dictators supported by the US in the past (while also ignoring the fact that we had a much larger enemy that we were having to deal with from the 50's-80's) and we just wanted to show people that the EU does the same thing. mmarsh: The EU already bans American makeup companies (an many, many more) on the basis that their products can cause cancer (which is BS, when's the last time someone got lip cancer from their makeup?) but supposedly everywhere you go in Europe you see people smoking like it's going out of style, and from my discussions with friends of mine who are European I would say that is a pretty accurate observation.
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July 21st, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | The US is pretty damn arrogant if it thinks it can tell the EU what to do. But hey, I guess being a superpower since the end of WWII has that effect on your psychology. Also I pretty much agree with Mmarsh and CABAL on this one, the list is skewed and some of the bottom ones should be on top and some shouldn't even be on the list.
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