At 01:14 AM 7/29/2003 -0400 David Hobby wrote:
>"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>...
>> >You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The
>> other are either not major players or are
>> > anxious to please us (not a bad thing.....
>>
>> Ahem. ... You have also forgotten Poland,
>> which is the second-largest country in Europe
>
> O.K., second in what sense, then? Russia, Sweden, Finland,
>Norway... are all bigger by area. Russia, Germany, UK, France,
>Spain... have greater populations. Germany, France, UK, Italy,
>Russia, Spain,... have greater GDPs.
>(These from: http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/rankings.htm)
>
Sorry, I stand corrected on that one.... I've been reading too many
articles lately on the future of the EU and how Poland *will be* the
second-largest continental EU member in the near future, and got it
confused in my mind.
Nevertheless, the point remains that based on size, Poland should count as
"a major player."
And despite you snide remarks about '''fluffing up," there is nothing
fluffed up about calling Japan and Australia major players in foreign
affairs..... two glaring omissions from Bob's list.....
JDG
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