[lit-ideas] Re: comments the DEMs must defend

  • From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:29:45 -0000

 How about the Euro governments? Ever occur to you guys that you
are
> being manipulated and lied to by your governments? Seems to be
a
> no-brainer to you that we are ... but you? Ever think of that?

Are you feeling all right, Eric?  We know perfectly well the UK
government lies all the time; only someone who never read our
media could not know it.  Citizens of other European countries,
equally, know about their governments.

But that doesn't make your interpretation of their thoughts and
actions
correct

Judy




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:55 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: comments the DEMs must defend


> Simon: As for Afghanistan, I can only guess that this is down
to further
> concern about acting in conjunction with a US force under the
control of
> an unpopular government.
>
>
> How about the Euro governments? Ever occur to you guys that you
are
> being manipulated and lied to by your governments? Seems to be
a
> no-brainer to you that we are ... but you? Ever think of that?
>
> Your "further concern" = the Euro politicians know that their
armies are
> so substandard they'd take big casualties and don't want to
risk a big
> backlash against big casualties in a noble cause, or suffer the
ignominy
> of being directed by a Brit or a Yank. I mean why should they?
>
>
> * they already have a "bad guy" in the US and can play that to
their
> populations because
>
> * they don't want to make the social concessions involved in
getting a
> strong army
>
> * The bad guy will do all the heavy lifting for them anyway
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