Re: Guys, y'all are just too much fun
Originally posted by Hotpoint
I never said that the impressment of Sailors off U.S. Ships was moral or legal I just pointed out how it was justified by the British at the time. They thought they had just cause to do do
You can't speak about upholding the rule of law then break those that are inconvenient to you. For a start it means you gain the reputation of not keeping your word which is ultimately more damaging than it would have been to keep it. Much of international law is indeed a patchwork of treaties with little legal force but if you don't stick by things you sign then eventually nobody will take your signature seriously
As for "French, French, French, French" you were warned... Sir I demand satisfaction on the field of honour. Choose your weapon
Hotpoint--
No, they thought they could teach the upstarts a lesson. Hubris, plain and simple.
Quite right, but then individual personalities come into play and civil servants start running around like chickens with their heads cut off . . . and before you know it, it's a Marx Brothers movie masquerading as international statecraft.
In order for you to have any chance whatsoever may I suggest slide rules at 10 paces? Forgoing that the marker of your choice is acceptable.
Teej--I was only commenting on the value of the summit. Besides, GWB needs things to keep him occupied. A daily run, a daily semi-coherent diatribe against the evil-doers, a meeting with the tri-lateral commission and after dinner a little fun time playing the Army's new video game--available online at goarmy.com
Bud--every native English speaker knows meese is the plural of mice, not moose. geez.
"I hate those meeses to pieces"