[Vision2020] Mother of All Freedom Fries

John Cronin johncronin@moscow.com
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:40:58 -0800


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In Pensacola Florida, the U.S. military today exploded it's new weapon =
of mass destruction, the MOAB bomb ( Massive Ordinance Air Blast) =
otherwise known as the Mother of All Bombs. This bomb carries 18,000 =
pounds of explosives. The message to Iraqi troops is unmistakable. The =
networks can only hope it hits Bagdad during prime time.

In another development, the House of Representatives today announced =
that they were changing the names of two items on the House cafeteria =
menu. French fries will now be called freedom fries and French toast =
will be known as, you guessed it.... freedom toast. I am pretty certain =
that France will be devastated by this rebuke. If France goes ahead with =
a veto in the UN, couldn't we box up the Statue of Liberty and send it =
back via UPS? What can you personally do? As a result of the House's =
action, I can report that the half empty bottle of freedom salad =
dressing in my frig is feeling a little less secure today.

Taken together, our government's behavior today is nothing short of =
surrreal. In the case of the MOAB test, a provocative move designed to =
induce psychological terror on the Iraqi people and in the case of =
France, culinary and economic terror on the unwilling. So far, it's =
proving to be another bizarre week in U.S. foreign relations.=20

John



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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In Pensacola Florida, the&nbsp;U.S.=20
military&nbsp;today exploded it's new weapon of mass destruction, the =
MOAB bomb=20
(&nbsp;Massive Ordinance Air Blast) otherwise known as the Mother of All =
Bombs.=20
This bomb&nbsp;carries 18,000 pounds&nbsp;of explosives. The message=20
to&nbsp;Iraqi&nbsp;troops is unmistakable. The networks can only hope it =
hits=20
Bagdad during prime time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In another development, the House of=20
Representatives today announced that they were changing the names of two =
items=20
on the House cafeteria menu. French fries will now be called freedom =
fries and=20
French toast will be known as, you guessed it....&nbsp;freedom =
toast.&nbsp;I am=20
pretty certain that France will be devastated by this rebuke. If France =
goes=20
ahead with&nbsp;a veto in the UN,&nbsp;couldn't we box =
up&nbsp;the&nbsp;Statue=20
of Liberty and send it back via UPS? What can you personally do? As a =
result of=20
the House's action, I can report that the half empty bottle =
of&nbsp;freedom=20
salad&nbsp;dressing in my frig is feeling a little less secure=20
today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Taken together, our government's =
behavior today=20
is&nbsp;nothing short of&nbsp;surrreal.&nbsp;In the case of&nbsp;the =
MOAB=20
test,&nbsp;a provocative&nbsp;move designed to induce =
psychological&nbsp;terror=20
on&nbsp;the Iraqi people and in the case&nbsp;of France, culinary and=20
economic&nbsp;terror on the unwilling.&nbsp;So far, it's&nbsp;proving to =
be=20
another bizarre week in U.S. foreign relations. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John</FONT></DIV>
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