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June 16, 2003

Random Thoughts

Reading an article on USS Clueless and I came across a quote:

If the French want to try to patch things up, they could start working on reducing the public paranoia about the US, especially among French cabinet officers like Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie: "France's defense minister criticized her American counterpart, Donald Rumsfeld, in an interview published Saturday as someone who considers the United States the world's only military, economic and financial power."

How dare the Americans assume they are the only world power! They have obviously forgotton those other great nations like.... ummm.... you know.... China (or perhaps the other China) or India or....

She couldn't have been talking about former world powers like USSR or England :-) Nor former wanna-be world powers like France...

Seriously, the only world powers around in the near future will be those with military power or population power!

Posted by Ozguru at June 16, 2003 01:06 PM

Comments

So... that includes Australia right? We've got Drop Bears

Posted by: Peskie at June 16, 2003 01:06 PM

Military power *and* population power.

Posted by: jivha at June 16, 2003 01:06 PM

Well, that rules out Australia. I dont think the Drop Bears rate towards population as well...

Posted by: Peskie at June 16, 2003 01:06 PM