Bob Blakely <Bob@Blakely.com> wrote/replied to: >The history of Western Europe is one of the negotiations of >diplomacy, followed by appeasement, followed by war, followed by >subjugation, followed by liberation by others who spent their treasure and >spilled their blood that they may be free of the subjugation. They who >liberated them did not want conquest or spoils but helped build them back >up, loaned them money interest free and then forgave these depts. All their >liberators asked in return was a small plot of land with which to bury their >fallen who would never return. Peaceniks of Europe read this and think long and hard. Thanks Bob, well said. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/