Guest guest Posted October 7, 2001 Report Share Posted October 7, 2001 Thanks Butch I allways appreciate knowing more! Kinda curious as to what you thinks gonna happen next here and abroad. :-) Sarah >Butch Owen <butchbsi > > > OT: Walking The Lonely Path >Sun, 07 Oct 2001 21:22:25 -0700 > >Hi y'all, > >God Bless British and American military personnel and keep them safe. > >We heard President Bush tonight say that 38 nations had agreed to >provide full support to follow-on military operations against other >terrorist organizations and bases .. and that brings me to question how >NATO is going to deal with their wayward member - Greece! I want to >share some facts with you. > >The politicians are careful to avoid mentioning Greece - none of you >have heard one word from any Greek politician. Because we have more >valuable American citizens of Greek origin in the USA than there are >Greeks in Greece, and because most of us grew up with Greek friends and >many (to include my lady, Chris) have Greek-American family members. So >we don't give much thought to Greece as it seems to be a lot like our >own homeland - but it is not! > >Greece has long been a terrorist supporting country - they have trained >and funded terrorists .. this is a matter of fact and it has been openly >published by world-wide sources - but I doubt many of you have read this >information. It is still alleged by certain intelligence organizations >in many countries, including America .. that they are still doing so. >We know that Southern Cyprus (Greek Cyprus) has long been a major center >for the laundering and transfer of illegal funds .. to include funds >from OBL. > >Recently, a Greek polling organization released these results - I am >glad it was conducted by a Greek company and not an American company. > > " Greeks have mixed feelings over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against >the United States, with opinion mainly divided between those who feel >grief and those who believe America was in some way responsible, >according to a poll published on Wednesday (this was Wednesday, 3 >October). While 28.7 percent of those questioned said they feel grief >for the victims, 21.7 percent said they believed America was paying for >its past mistakes, according to the poll carried out by the V.PRC >company for the Athens daily Ta Nea. > >Only 3.5 percent said they felt the desire to help and 7 percent felt >rage, while 19.1 percent said they feared other such attacks in the >future. Nearly 2 percent said they felt indifferent. > >Since the attacks, a small but vocal fringe here has publicly argued >that the U.S. provoked the action through what they see as arrogance and >dictating global policies. > >The government has been concerned that anti-American incidents could >hurt the country's image abroad. Earlier this month, fans of the Athens >soccer team AEK jeered and tried to burn the American flag during a >minute's silence held in honor of the attack victims, before a match >against a Scottish team. > >AEK did not directly respond to the incident, but went to the U.S. >Embassy on Wednesday to sign a book of condolences for the victims. > >In the V.PRC poll, the majority of those questioned were doubtful as to >whether Osama bin Laden, named by the U.S. as the prime suspect, was >responsible for the attacks, with 37.7 percent saying they did not >believe he was behind the attacks and 43.5 percent saying they did not >know. > >The results were based on interviews with 563 people around mainland >Greece and the island of Crete, the newspaper said. No margin of error >was provided. > >It was the second part of a survey carried out by V.PRC. In the first >part published Monday, the poll found 86.2 percent opposed to any >military retaliation by the U.S. with only 7.8 percent in favor. " >UNQUOTE > >Athens - The Associated Press > > >My Pictures of Aromatic Plants and Exotic Places In Turkey >http://members.home.net/chrisziggy1/triptoturkey.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2001 Report Share Posted October 8, 2001 > what promotes this? is the country heavily populated by arabs? (no > offense meant!) they don't appear to be a poor country in " need " of > cash. this is very interesting. Greece is a very chauvenistic country - there are few Arabs there - there is a very large Communist Party in Greece. They have long been difficult NATO partners .. we used to make Plan A and Plan B for exercises because we knew that at the last minute, they would pull their permission for use of their air space. I have been treated better in Bulgaria when they were Communist than I have been in Greece. Don't think that all Arabs are our enemies. I have been treated like a prince in Jordan .. most hospitable people. I can say that the Egyptian people were kind and friendly .. not so much the government. A few minutes ago, I watched a live interview with Osama bin Laden on Arabic television .. he admitted all .. so I guess the Greeks must now change their opinion of Who Shot John. Butch > - > " Butch Owen " <butchbsi > > > > God Bless British and American military personnel and keep them safe. > > Greece has long been a terrorist supporting country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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