That is assuming that the US would WANT to defend France. Yes, yes, I'm sure we would, though the French would certainly not be grateful for it.
The funny thing about France (and increasingly in Germany) is that the socialist government there has such a cowardly stance toward terrorism or aggression in general that at the whispering hint of a threat to their country they will give in and submit to whatever demands are given.
They talk very big, but have no teeth to bite with.
Every Christmas in France the postal workers go on strike. Why? So that they can have an extra week of vacation. What is done about it? Nothing. Everyone is either too busy bitching about life, the Americans, or every other country in the world, or they are too afraid of confronting the problem.
from a large city... I almost bought a 3Com cellular PC modem card with the 3Com Nok6 cable that connects the pc modem to my Nokia 5165 so that I could dial my ISP from my laptop. This is a bad idea if you live in an area where AT&T doesn't provide analog service (Most large cities)... because IT WON'T WORK!
I don't care really about the connection speeds (9.6K is fine), I just need a damn connection for a simple little application I've made but I don't want to have to pay $40. a month + $100 phone + change provider, etc.. though it looks like I'll have to.
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That is assuming that the US would WANT to defend France. Yes, yes, I'm sure we would, though the French would certainly not be grateful for it.
The funny thing about France (and increasingly in Germany) is that the socialist government there has such a cowardly stance toward terrorism or aggression in general that at the whispering hint of a threat to their country they will give in and submit to whatever demands are given.
They talk very big, but have no teeth to bite with.
Every Christmas in France the postal workers go on strike. Why? So that they can have an extra week of vacation. What is done about it? Nothing. Everyone is either too busy bitching about life, the Americans, or every other country in the world, or they are too afraid of confronting the problem.
Ah, what a wonderful world.
I don't care really about the connection speeds (9.6K is fine), I just need a damn connection for a simple little application I've made but I don't want to have to pay $40. a month + $100 phone + change provider, etc.. though it looks like I'll have to.
Ugh.