[MadIvan]

The Text of the Letter

France and Germany, are you listening? The responsible countries in this region outnumber you now. Welcome to irrelevance.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Grampa Dave]

To the new Europe. Thanks for being there with us!

To the old Europe! You perverts are now irrelevant. May your socials countries tumble into the ash bin of history with your butt buddy Uncle Soddomite!

[debg]

8 to 2 1/2!

[You Dirty Rats]

I'm not surprised to see that Belgium and Luxembourg have sided with the Axis of Weasels. Big deal. Can anyone name five famous Belgians? As for Luxembourg, there are counties in Texas bigger than that place.

The really funny part is that for all the hugs and kisses between France and Germany, they still don't like each other. I was in Germany on the day they went through to the second round of the World Cup and France didn't. I started cracking on the French and the Germans loved it. "Ja Ja, ve like to make fun of them too ... but ve haff to be very quiet about it."

I gotta believe the few Thatcherites left in the Conservative Party have to be laughing their asses off at the "Axis of Weasels" bit. As for Maggie - "Statecraft" has to be the most timely political work out there right now. I wonder how much Blair & company honestly believe the Euro and closer integration with those weasels is a good idea.

[CobaltBlue]

Don't forget Albania - >>USS Harry S. Truman carrier in joint exercise with Albanian army<<
http://www.fox29.com/news/story.asp?subsection=world&content_id=1486001

[CobaltBlue]

And Slovakia - >>Slovakia offers chemical war specialists for Iraq<<
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29545938

[LibKill]

Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic

Ivan, Britain was first and I for one will remember that as long as I live.

It's great that the other five have made a stand with us. I won't forget that either.

These six nations are the 'grownups' of Europe.

FReegards.

[CobaltBlue]

Hmmm - and the Irish, letting us use Shannon Airport for refueling.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030129_1977.html
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1042491318345

[CyberCowboy777]

[My2Cents]

God bless Tony Blair, who more and more is looking like Margaret Thatcher in drag....

[OldFriend]

I barely heard this mentioned on the news today. Am I surprised, NO!!

[keats5]

Aliances come and go. Old ones are dismantled and new ones arise. Nothing is new under the sun.

[EaglesUpForever]

France and Germany are decadent cultures, essentially welfare states that have had the luxury to take their wealth and freedom for granted.

They are no different than the worse side of American culture, those spoiled brats who think that government should be huge and is responsible for their every last need.

We settled World War II for them, we got them through the cold war, and now the spoiled brats France and Germany have imagined that peace and prosperity come at no price.

The degree to which 9/11 means essentially nothing to the average French and German (of course there are exceptions, but in aggregate) is the difference in their reaction to 9/11 and their reaction to the prospect of war in Iraq.

Hopefully some in France and Germany will wake up before it's too late.

[thescourged1]

I love having the former Warsaw Pact countries in our camp. Any word on how Romania and Bulgaria have weighed in on the Iraq issue? The thing that sticks out in my mind is those two countries never tried (that I can recall offhand) to throw off their Soviet chains. Hungary tried in '56, Czechoslovakia in '68, and Poland in the 80's. Then again, East Germany didn't try to either....but it's Germany now.
Interesting....the freedom-loving peoples of Eastern Europe are with us. Reagan the Great's legacy still lives on......

[Petronski]

I'm trying to spread the word I picked up on another website: BBC is apparently reporting that the leaders of France and Germany were not given an opportunity to sign. [heh heh heh]

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said France and Germany had not been given the opportunity to sign the letter of solidarity. A BBC correspondent said the source made it clear that Mr Blair did not think France or Germany should be allowed to speak for the whole of Europe. France responded to the letter by restating its determination to work with the framework of the United Nations. Germany rejected allegations that it was isolated internationally.

[DB]

BTTT for later read.