Saddam's cat

Actually the Saddam's cat thing *IS* funny.........if you are a cat owner and just know you own dear little fuzzball would be doing the exact same thing...........it's really just cat humor.

i really shouid go to the mspcs shelter.

Ron Smith a pensé très fort :

Yes I am a cat owner... but Humor? No, not sure. Too easy, sorry. I thing the message is deeper than that.

I have not enough free time to answer now. I willdo it later, today. Sorry, English isn't my native language, and that's hard for me to explaim exactly what I want to say and to be understandable.

Chris,

I have a great idea. Let's drop this non-productive thread and get back to the business at hand - modelling.

Gernot and Peteski - and others - made excellent points. I learn too much from this group about modelling to have it degenerate into what has taken place on some other groups I've seen - with far more off-topic threads than on-topic ones.

Andre

Gee, I wouldn't be either after what Napoleon and others have done in french history.

And the resistance in WW II, particularly the FTP was real good at knocking off frenchmen too....

History lesson here

Western european countries went 'round the world for the past several hundred years, stealing the natural resources and enslaving the people wherever they went. The problems in the ME are directly related to europeam expansionism and greed over the past several centuries. It's europe's fault (!) not the USA's... Gee, they hate fair skinned people in the ME, I wonder why.

Europeans have knocked off millions of people all over Europe, Africa, and the middle east for hundreds of years, yet somehow YOU seem to think that the USA is at fault.

Amazing.........

Twice in the past century we come to your aid. It aint worth it anymore..........

Ok Andre, you're right. Please, stop the French bashing and we shall doubtless have courteous relations.

Ok Andre. If you come to France, don't hesitate to contact me. A real meet, face to face, is always better than all the messages on internet. Too harf to explaim without passion and to be understoud.

I think you do pretty well...better than any of us might do with French...including myself.

amen brothers! plus his stuff is fun to read. and the web site...oi!

You're to kind guys...

Whilst I can see the humorous side of this ,I am not a fan of dictators ,politicians , war or cats.

what? cat haters ain't people!

Then you are humor impaired, I recommend not taking anything, especially yourself very seriously..........

In this instance it would be "too" not "to". Silly English language... No, I'm not making fun of your (quite good, IMO) knowledge of English - just pointing out an error for educational purposes. :-) Peteski

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Correction - The USA was *thoroughly* involved in the balkanization of

*both* the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires after WWI, about the only countries involved on the Allied side that *didn't* have/want a say were New Zealand, Australia, and Japan.

Particular point - the USA wanted to guarantee oil supplies from the area, and resisted allowing the creation of a Kurdish nation, and instead wanted (and got) the partition of the area between Turkey and Iraq. Not that it was resisted greatly, or by many, but it was the USA who originally said, "No, we want it this way...".

So yes, the USA is just as bad as Western Europe in this context.

Cheers, Gary B-)

yep, I saw it to late...