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mandragoraI've just been listening to the 'Today' programme on BBC Radio 4, which is the most listened to current affairs morning programme in the UK.
US Republican Congressman Pete King was interviewed in relation to the row over Nato and reinforcements to Turkey. France, Germany (sort of) and Belgium have vetoed military reinforcements to Turkey. And Congressman King's response was to dismiss France and Germany as being 'inconsequential'.
Leading to me going WTF!
He considered countries such as *cough* Lithuania to be of more importance in Europe than France and Germany. The world's fifth and third (second?) largest economies respectively.
Uh, yeah. Right. Whatever.
Why, he said, France doesn't even have a single aircraft hangar. Which is, quite simply, wrong.
I don't know who this Pete King is, but I'm really glad he's not an elected politician in my country.
Oh, if anyone reading this has any idea why the formatting on my 'friends' page went wonky last night and now is too large for my screen horizontally, I'd be really grateful for pointers on how to fix it.
Edited, because I wrote that the name of the Congressman was Mike King, when in fact it's Pete King - didn't want to defame any Congressman Mike King out there
US Republican Congressman Pete King was interviewed in relation to the row over Nato and reinforcements to Turkey. France, Germany (sort of) and Belgium have vetoed military reinforcements to Turkey. And Congressman King's response was to dismiss France and Germany as being 'inconsequential'.
Leading to me going WTF!
He considered countries such as *cough* Lithuania to be of more importance in Europe than France and Germany. The world's fifth and third (second?) largest economies respectively.
Uh, yeah. Right. Whatever.
Why, he said, France doesn't even have a single aircraft hangar. Which is, quite simply, wrong.
I don't know who this Pete King is, but I'm really glad he's not an elected politician in my country.
Oh, if anyone reading this has any idea why the formatting on my 'friends' page went wonky last night and now is too large for my screen horizontally, I'd be really grateful for pointers on how to fix it.
Edited, because I wrote that the name of the Congressman was Mike King, when in fact it's Pete King - didn't want to defame any Congressman Mike King out there
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Date: 11 February 2003 07:20 (UTC)*scampers off to cut*
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Date: 11 February 2003 12:47 (UTC)I will get back to you soon re the Sorceror's Apprentice, I promise. I'm just reeling from having spent 2 unexpected days in court, which has meant that I'm way behind on everything I'm meant to be doing. I thought both days I'd only be there for the morning and could catch up on other stuff at work during the afternoon, but it hasn't worked out that way, so I'm having to work late at night instead. Sigh.
So, my apologies for the delay. I'll try to get to it tonight, but as it's already fairly late and I have to get up early tomorrow may not be able to give it the amount of attention it deserves, and I don't want to do a crappy job on the beta.
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Date: 11 February 2003 13:34 (UTC)