On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:45 PM, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Heck, go read some Patrick O'Brien Jack Aubrey Books. The Royal Navy
earned its own keep with prizes, etc., until long after the
Napoleonic wars...
Come to think of it, the rise of book-entry settlement cooincides
nicely with the
At 10:28 AM -0500 on 2/14/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
> How would you distinguish the actions of the Royal Navy from those of
> ordinary pirates? Just prettier uniforms, better weaponry, and a bitch
> back in London with a crown on her head, or what?
Sounds about right to me.
:-)
Seriously,
These guys were probably CIA. Now, since they are non-uniformed
and not carrying arms visibly, and not engaged in hostilities
qualifying under the Geneva Convetions, they are enemy
combatants. They don't fall under the Geneva Conventions since
they were not in qualifying hostilities. The tortur
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At 10:05 AM -0500 on 2/13/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
> Is it possible to pull off a project like this in a
> crypto-anarcho-capitalistic society?
It's easy to imagine, whether it's possible, maybe you need bearer
transactions :-), a swarm of privat
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Steve wrote quoting: PAUL KRUGMAN
> > And though you don't hear much about it in the U.S. media,
> > a lack of faith in Mr. Bush's staying power a fear that
> > he will wimp out in the aftermath of war, that he won't do
> > what is needed to rebuild Iraq is a large factor in the
> > grow
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At 1:21 AM -0800 on 2/12/03, Lucky Green wrote:
> And this matters how? Why would Bush, or for that matter the
> Europeans, care about rebuilding (what?) in Iraq? Other than the
> minimum investments required to prevent the population from rising
> up
On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 08:39 AM, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
And this matters how? Why would Bush, or for that matter the
Europeans,
care about rebuilding (what?) in Iraq? Other than the minimum
investments required to prevent the population from rising up against
their future leaders,
> And this matters how? Why would Bush, or for that matter the Europeans,
> care about rebuilding (what?) in Iraq? Other than the minimum
> investments required to prevent the population from rising up against
> their future leaders, why should the U.S. concern itself with making
> investments in I
mericans really help the
countries they beat in war") to the present day. Actually, it occurs to me
that the only people who still believe this may be Americans.
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Subject: RE: The Wimps of War
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