[SOC] West of the Pond

Tue Apr 27 17:48:00 2004

Why did you folks abandon us on this side of the Atlantic?  We would have 
been better served if you were still here!
    Kevin.   KD5ONS


On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:33:10 +0100, Chris Redding 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Agreed.  The rights and wrongs of invading in the first place will be
> debated for a long time by minds far finer than mine, and I will offer no
> opinion here.
>
> Being realistic, I think that it would be very optimistic to believe 
> that we
> are going to create an Arab 'Camelot'.
>
> But, It would be an act of sheer cowardice to just pack up and leave now,
> and let the place, and its people, fall into hell.
>
> We Brits have made this mistake before - in Palestine/Israel among other
> places - to the long-term detriment of the world in general, and 
> Manhattan
> in particular.
>
> Chris G4PDJ
> Der Twaddlemeister