February 12, 2003
Axis of Weasel's Punishment
After France, Germany, and Belgium have blocked NATO aid to defend Turkey, there have been calls for some sort of response. Not that I favor anything beyond a better understanding of what the word "ally" means for Americans -- for instance England, Australia, and yes, Canada should spring to mind when hearing that word -- my thought would be the most appropriate thing to do (not that I want to do anything) would be to simplly kick all three out of NATO. The Germans would be free to attack France through Belgium again, only this time nobody would come to France's aid. Anybody else, and all the rest of a united Europe would rise up to defend itself. That's fair, I think. Besides, now that the Germans are such pacifists, it wouldn't be a big deal. And if these three countries want to help out in war, then by all means NATO can accept the aid with open arms. They just wouldn't get a veto is all.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at February 12, 2003 07:07 PM | International PoliticsI wish to comment on the entry from January 9, 2003. Kevin, I remember the woman but I don't remember pulling the chain. It sounds like something I would do, though. Her name was Beth (Clarke?), and she was from Los Altos. She was definitely worth a look or many out the window of our freshman dorm! Alas, our physics homework at Stanford University kept us too busy to have much of a social life.
Lemme see, I'd better add something about dogs here . . . my neighbor down the street has an Ainu dog, from northern Japan. Very unusual. Pirka is the first Ainu dog born outside Japan, and the Ainu people gave my neighbor special permission to raise the puppy here.
Posted by: Carl Drews at February 14, 2003 02:33 PM
