[thechat] moving to the USA

[Martin Burns]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Freda Lockert wrote:

>
> >Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, the german justice minister (at least, she was last
> >week) is alleged to have told a meeting of unionists that Bush was going
> >after Iraq's Saddam Hussein to divert attention from domestic problems,
> >adding: "That's a popular method. Even Hitler did that."
> >
> Gen. Galtieri did the same thing in Argentina in 1982, in invading
> the Falkland Islands.

Yep. And for the same reasons, it was exceptionally easy for Thatcher to
decide to take them back.

Cheers
Martin