History Forum / General / British History / June 2004

Gans also needs to read _The Connection: How Al Qaeda's Collaboration
With Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America_ by Stephen F. Hayes.
Gans is suffering from his usual problem when it comes to making
intelligent decisions -- he has an insufficient knowledge of the

I always thought that the ill-fated Darien scheme of 1695-1700 was the
first Scottish colony, but it seems not. Lynch, in "Scotland: A New
History", mentions two earlier ones; one in new Jersey, which lasted
from 1682 to 1702, and one in South Carolina, established in 1684 and

"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped
you.  We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably
going to cut that short and not give it to you.  We're going to take
things away from you on behalf of the common good."

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/23/1087844979518.html?oneclick=true
World War I digger Ted Smout dies
June 23, 2004 - 11:05AM
Australia's oldest surviving World War I veteran Ted Smout has died, aged

There is an excellent account of this disastrous [for Kennedy and the
Free World] summit at Vienna with Khrushchev in Richard Reeves's
_President Kennedy, Profile Of Power_, Simon and Schuster, 1993.  See
particularly Chapter 13.

Stay Tuned...
Let's hope the Velvet Glove proves to be successful....
But if not we will see the United States Marines employ the Iron Fist.
'Nuff Said

Who were the "Wild Geese?"
EMWTK

Terrorism is the attempt by a minority to control the majority by fear. We
*still* have the choice...... -the Troll
Filed at 7:13 a.m. ET MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters)
Suspected assassins killed a university lecturer and her husband in the

Gans just can't STAND the fact that the American People are FAR brighter
and better informed than HE -- and have a better understanding of what
is happening in Iraq.  See below.
For a Democrat, Gans certainly has a curious contempt for The People.

Any ideas?
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany

"Belgian Justice"
""A Belgian jury on Thursday convicted a former electrician of
kidnapping, raping and killing girls eight years ago, ending an
agonizing 16-week trial and closing the book on one of the most

Recte:
Bill Safire, At The NYT, Is Honest About SOME Things.
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The Zelikow Report

The German-Soviet border was not a good place to be.

"The Saddam Torture Videos"
"The American Enterprise Institute held an unusual video screening
yesterday, and hardly anyone showed up.  One who did was the New York
Post's Deborah Orin:

Have a look at these great pictures of HMS Warrior in Portsmouth, England.
Great place to Visit
Comments welcome.
http://y2u.co.uk/&002_Images/HMS%20Warrior%2001.htm