Niger Intel Accurate (Brits: "no reason at all to change our assessment.")

The Daily Telegraph ^ | 14/07/2003 | Michael Smith

[Sabertooth]

Since the Cradle of Civilization is in Iraq, who doesn't have cultural ties there?

Actually, the "culture" thing might be the best argument for going into LIberia, though I haven't stayed on top of it either. If we accept the premise that in the post-colonial era, the former colonial powers have certain responsibilities in Africa, then Liberia is about the only place where that might apply to the United States.

That is, if we accept that premise, and I'm not certain that I do.

I'm of the mind that we should have stayed out of Kosovo, though in the interests of full disclosure, I was in favor of Balkan intervention back in the early 90s.

[Madcelt]

Long thread,lots of tentacles. Pull up a chair and enjoy.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/944966/posts

[Howlin]

What do we do now ?

Go back to Democratic Underground?

Enjoy your stay here, however long it will be.

[Jim Robinson]

Not really. This afternoon was the end of the seventh full day of this fundraiser and we are now approaching 40%. If you take into consideration the $18,000 plus in monthlies that will be posted later, we're really approaching 70%. Also, we normally receive about $9,000 to $10,000 in checks and most of them will be received and posted during the second or third week of the fundraiser (just posted the first batch today). By the end of this week we should be well over 90% and the fundraiser could be finished by the end of the week-end or perhaps on Monday. This means it will have taken two full weeks to complete, which is right in line with most of our previous fundraisers. There were very few fundraisers in the past that took much less than two weeks to reach the target.

[Torie]

Kosovo is in Europe silly. That was what Kerry said anyway. It sounds a bit ethnocentric to me. Is Kerry a European ethnocentrist?

[Howlin]

Jim, is there a slowdon in FR fundraising?

No, there is NOT. It's wishful thinking.

[MJY1288]

Thanks Jim for clearing that up, Being that this is prime vacation period and you're not far off the mark, I would say this quarter's fundraising is going well.

[Jim Robinson]

Entry I'm about to post to the Moderator log:

DUh troll, replacement4multi, aka taosbum, wokeupdismornin, petenrepeat, birdman2, groundhogday, cayote, itemizer, mondaychild, poppyward, downtheriver, koburnin, proudmary, and dozens of other aliases all the way back to buffalo124 and collin, et al, from over a year ago nuked.

Jim

[b4its2late]

buh bye....

[George W. Bush]

Well. I surely agree (and don't call me Shurley). We went to war ( and I had my little flag in my hand)to "PRE empt" the sorry bastar% from hitting us with NUKES or WMD> BUT IT WAS ALL WRONG. no nukes OR wmd!!! What do we do now ? reparations?

Me too. But I don't regret deposing Saddam one bit, WMD or not. I think we should do the same in Cuba. Shove Fidel against the wall and shoot him and then leave.

The war went well. But we're spending a buttload of money we don't have. And we're in the same old Clinton hellholes like Kosovo and adding Afghanistan and Iraq. And we'll be in those countries for years too. Probably $50 billion a year for Iraq alone.

[UnBlinkingEye]

Bush and Tenet should apologize to the British. They insulted British integrity as a competent ally. And they were wrong.

England has no integrity, nor credibility, even in the modern age they lied us into WWI and laid the foundation for WWII.

Let me see... Just when did Blair twist Junior's arm behind his back and force him to use this info in the State of the Union speech anyway? Bush is actually admitting something more serious here: that he never had any nuclear evidence in his own hands prior to his beating of the war drums. Now it's time to shift the blame to Britain.

It's shabby treatment of a very loyal ally. And it created another storm of criticism for Blair to handle at home too. I would guess that next time, Blair will think twice about helping us.

Blair is a poodle and a disgrace.

Idiots. If they don't shape up, there won't be a second Bush term.

God Bless America!!!

[concerned about politics]

Yes just look at the creeping graph after 8 days of begging

Your extremist left wing website has to support itself with pop up ads. Get a grip, man!

[b4its2late]

It must take them quite some time to think up all those names. But I guess they have nothing better to do. I remember trying to come up with something witty for mine, and it took me a while......at least I consider it witty... LOL!

[justshe]

Have you noticed the slowdowns in FR's fundraising? I think there's a reason. And I think Bush looks like a one-termer.

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Please see the post from Jim Robinson giving an update of the fundraiser.

REALLY glad you were concerned. How about pitching in with a donation?

[George W. Bush]

Kosovo is in Europe silly.

Yeah, I think we all know that.

But we took the Muslim side in Kosovo. Where are our cultural ties to the Muslim side in an eastern European civil war? It just doesn't parse, even by Dim standards.

[MJY1288]

Well Jim, since we have so many doubters here on FR who fall for the DNC talking points and are even willing to repeat them, I'm gonna send FR another $100.00 for this quarter just for the fun of it, Be back in a few

[Torie]

Blair is a poodle and a disgrace

The problem is that you have dried eyes, that create distorted vision. Get some eye drops.

[concerned about politics]

It must take them quite some time to think up all those names. But I guess they have nothing better to do.

You'd think they'd at least take a few minutes out of their day to SEEK EMPLOYMENT!

[justshe]

THANK YOU!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!