Posted on 01/31/2003 2:27:37 PM PST by mountaineer
Some European nations' leaders oppose the United States' policy regarding Iraq, while others offer firm support. It has been suggested that we might boycott tourism and the agricultural products of countries like France and Germany, for example, who oppose President Bush's efforts.
Some also have suggested offering words of support and thanks to those nations that have chosen to stand with us. The eight nations whose leaders endorsed a letter of support of the U.S. were: the United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal and the Czech Republic:
Washington, 31 January 2003 (RFE/RL) -- With an array of European countries voicing support for U.S. policy on Iraq, President George W. Bush moved closer to securing a broad "coalition of the willing" to back possible military action against Baghdad.
Yesterday, leaders from Britain, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Portugal signed a letter expressing support for the tough U.S. stance on Iraq, which the United States accuses of hiding weapons of mass destruction. Slovakia later said it supported the letter and today government leaders in Latvia, Romania, and Slovenia said they also back the contents of the letter. source
In any event, contacting foreign countries takes some doing. This thread attempts to provide some practical suggestions.
With your teaching of the yiddish and since I married to an honorary Jew we should be ready for 2004 in no time!
Code name: STDJM (Saralinda the Dem Jewish Mole) coming to a dim presidential run off near you!
And the only plotzing and verklamping going on will be from all the dims when they finally figure out I'm a white bread with mayo republican!
Police scrutinise Jackson documentary
THE district attorney of Santa Barbara County, in California, is to scrutinise the documentary in which Michael Jackson admitted inviting young children to sleep in his bed, in case Martin Bashir’s programme can be used to open the door to a new prosecution. Thomas W Sneddon has remained the singer’s No 1 nemesis after investigating the allegations of child sexual abuse raised by Jordy Chandler in 1993. The case involving Chandler was settled after Jackson, who denied the charges, paid the family £18 million to avoid what he described to Bashir on Monday night as "a drawn-out thing on TV like OJ [Simpson]". Since then, Mr Sneddon, who has been re-elected as DA without opposition five times, insisted Jackson lied in a previous television interview with Diane Sawyer, a US journalist, when he claimed he had been cleared.
"Jackson has not been cleared," Mr Sneddon said at the time. "The investigation is in suspension until someone else comes forward." A spokesman for the DA, whose authority covers the Neverland ranch, said: "We will be watching the programme with interest."
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Living With Michael Jackson attracted a UK audience of 15 million, who saw the singer holding hands with Gavin, 12, a cancer sufferer, who said he had slept in Mr Jackson’s bed while the singer slept on the floor.
The star also said: "I have slept in a bed with many children ... Why can’t you share your bed? The most loving thing to do, is to share your bed with someone.
"When you say ‘bed’, you’re thinking sexual. They make that sexual. It’s not sexual; we’re going to sleep. I tuck them in." Santa Barbara Child Welfare Services considered launching an investigation into Jackson’s treatment of his three children after he held his baby son over a balcony last November. In the wake of the programme’s broadcast in the UK, a number of children’s charities yesterday said they would have launched an inquiry if similar circumstances were reported.
Pam Hilbert, a principal policy officer at Barnardos, described Jackson’s behaviour as "totally inappropriate", while a spokesman for the NSPCC said his behaviour could be used by people who want to harm or abuse children as "an excuse for their own behaviour".depressing details continued.
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