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Old 01-04-2008, 03:44 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by myboynoah View Post
List for me what it is that the French do well (aside from food and dressing their women)?
They produce more research per capita, they don't bomb and occupy other countries, they don't torture people, they don't keep their people in constant fear of terrorism, their people are much healthier and live longer, etc.

I won't ever argue that our experiment in capitalism is not an outrageous success in economic terms, but there are other costs, and the current furor in response to 9/11 has done much to reduce our position in the world.
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