One of Andrew's better efforts. I quite agree.
Regards, Ivan
1 posted on
02/01/2003 3:48:38 PM PST by
MadIvan
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Bump!
2 posted on
02/01/2003 3:48:53 PM PST by
MadIvan
To: MadIvan
Well thought out and very well written. Thanks for the post.
3 posted on
02/01/2003 4:00:07 PM PST by
BOBTHENAILER
(Vaporize Saddam's Smoking Gun)
To: MadIvan
In defense of France and the French way, let me say that Chirac, in one month, gets more in bribes, kicbacks, and payoffs than Rumsfeld has in his entire career! The German Prime Minister gets a million dollars at a time. So, the old Eurowhore politicians do very well for themselves, thank you!!
5 posted on
02/01/2003 4:03:20 PM PST by
Tacis
To: MadIvan
Good post, Ivan.
But - I would take exception to his comment regarding le Legion Etangere, however tongue in cheek. Whatever the shortcomings of the French (and they are many) the Legion is a fine fighting organization (maybe because it is made up of non-frogs) with a history of gallantry. While we certainly don't need their help, they would be a welcome addition.
Now if he were talking about regular French troops...
6 posted on
02/01/2003 4:04:07 PM PST by
LouD
To: MadIvan
Thanks for the post, Ivan. Anglosphere is an intriguing concept.
8 posted on
02/01/2003 4:08:35 PM PST by
clintonh8r
(It's better to be feared than to be respected.)
To: MadIvan
"an institution that can only make sense to a Gallic or German mind that sees the chaotic liberty of a diverse Europe in need of false coherence and discipline."Evidently such an institution makes sense to American "Liberals" as well. They certainly see the chaos of liberty--its great strength and the source of its power--as needing false coherence and discipline. They'll never rest until they can herd us all into identical groupthink and control everything from school curricula to the amount of water the toilet can use to the kind of tree one can or cannot plant in one's garden to the color one can paint his house to the admissions policies of private clubs to... You get the idea.
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Pinging Sullivan's list.
10 posted on
02/01/2003 4:47:56 PM PST by
Pokey78
To: MadIvan
Thanks, Ivan.
Why Anglosphere? Simply because these political values by accident of history originated in England and subsequently Britain. But these values need not be restricted to English-speaking countries. High on the list of countries eager to join are those in formerly communist eastern Europe who value freedom more dearly for having been denied it for so long.
And thanks to the English. For all it's failings, no better system of government has arisen than that started at home and then promoted overseas by Britannia. Just look around the world and see the difference. The only failed former colonies are those that replaced the original British system with left-wingers and Marxists. Unfortunately, that is currently the biggest threat of all to the Anglosphere.
14 posted on
02/01/2003 5:45:40 PM PST by
xJones
To: MadIvan
Mr. Sullivan has outdone himself.
BUMP!!
15 posted on
02/01/2003 5:46:00 PM PST by
upchuck
(Prayer: †††††††)
To: MadIvan
CHEEERS, MATE!
16 posted on
02/01/2003 5:51:05 PM PST by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: MadIvan
Hey! I think we have a plan. Good post.
To: MadIvan
Great piece.......
And I have to agree about the French. Gravity does funny things to their military weapons.
22 posted on
02/01/2003 9:06:13 PM PST by
Lando Lincoln
(God Bless the arsenal of liberty..............the time is now.)
To: MadIvan
Hardly. "Accidents of history" is a literary atrocity committed on our ancestors, but of course this comes from a member from the cult of death known as Liberalism.
24 posted on
02/01/2003 9:40:49 PM PST by
junta
To: MadIvan
UNITED FREE NATIONS bump!
25 posted on
02/01/2003 10:12:23 PM PST by
tictoc
To: MadIvan
"National sovereignty is a freedom as well one that free countries are reluctant to give up without some tangible gain. So this concept will never yield something like the EU, an institution that can only make sense to a Gallic or German mind that sees the chaotic liberty of a diverse Europe in need of false coherence and discipline." So why, then, is Tony Blair's UK so anxious to join the EU?
I have never understood why Britains would even consider joining an organization so dedicated to blotting out national identity and sovereignty.
26 posted on
02/01/2003 10:22:51 PM PST by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE.)
To: MadIvan
A toast:
To "the unity of the English speaking people"(!), to quote a phrase from the great Sir Winston Churchill.
To: MadIvan
The article does little except restate a desire to bring back the British Empire. It's so childish, some people can never wake up and realize it's 2003.
Even 60 years after that Supreme Honorary American, Churchill, transferred the British Empire (and most else too) to the US, there still remains a large body of fossils and adolescents, who won't allow themselves to believe it, either for fear of sinking into oblivion or for fear of growing up.
29 posted on
02/02/2003 12:16:51 AM PST by
Ichabod Walrus
(I wonder if somebody will clean up the garbage in 2003?)
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