posted 07-24-99 01:41 PM ET
"Jokes abound about the Queen..."Usually by the British. Like me. I'd boil her down for glue.
"And what other European country has the Brit standard of living?"
Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Liechtenstein to name a few.
"...and put up with the ridiculous carryings-on of the Brits, etc., only because they occasionally scratch our back in places we can't reach."
Gawd blesshya Guv'nor. Good of you to tolerate us, rather than crushing us like the bugs we are.
"We want to see the Europeans and Asians be able to feed and house themselves"
Most of them can. Those that can't? Usually crippled by interest payments to the World Bank.
"Most of our actions are condoned by the American people not because of any inherent American Evil, but because most if the time (emphasis on most) when we take action, it's because it was the right thing to do."
Like poisoning crops in Jamaica to undermine the democratically elected Manly government? Nasty work by the CIA there.
Just a few points...