= Сообщение: 3079 из 12555 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 24 Nov 15 15:45:12 Кому : Ward Dossche 24 Nov 15 15:45:12 Тема : Service announcement FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+56547c60 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+a4043519 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+565592ba ============================================================================== Hello Ward,
On Monday November 23 2015 12:14, you wrote to me:
Mv>> IMHO, this did not start with George Bush the 2nd. It started with Mv>> George Bush the 1st who stationed troops in Saoudi Arabia during Mv>> Gulf war I. That was perceived as an invasion of holy ground. [..] WD> I have to modify this slightly.
WD> The USA and Saudi-Arabia have a defense-pact where the USA will WD> protect Saudi-Arabian assets so the kingdom does not need a gigantic WD> military.
Arabia is not one people and one mind. Many Muslims see the arrangement as just excuse an for the US intrusion on Holy Ground.
WD> The payment for this service
Service my foot! In other countries, the US has to pay for being allowed to build military basis.
WD> is in the regulation of the price of oil-shipments to the USA.
WD> Like some years ago there was talk about blood-diamonds, it is time to WD> start talking about blood-oil.
Indeed. As one of out politicians (Pechtold) remarked the other day: "we already gave an Islamic State. It is called Saoudi Arabia".
WD> People in the USA also need to start understanding that ISIS and WD> AlQaida basically are USAian initiatives badly gone wrong at a WD> terrific price and cost.
Indeed.
WD> Interesting, friend of mine is a female American military pilot flying WD> freighters. When flying in the Arabian sub-continent, she is not WD> allowed to talk to ground-based controllers as they will not recognise WD> her authority as a captain. Also she is not allowed to leave the base WD> without a long gown covering her head by herself, she needs male WD> companions. She's not allowed to drive a car either.
We have a sying here: "s'lands wijs, s'lands eer". A bit hard to translate. The best I can come up with is "when in Rome do as the Romans do".
It is their country, they make the rules. Don't like the rules, don't go there.
WD> When in the 1990-ies I flew from Amsterdam to Athens and the plane WD> continuing to Istanbul, many of the Turkish male passengers objected WD> against a female pilot
When airborne, the law of the land of registration is in force. If you do not want a female pilot, do not fly KLM.
WD> and the crew told me that when entering Turkish controlled airspace, WD> that female captain had to shut-up for the same reason.
s'lands wijs, s'lands eer...
WD> As for Royals, I love Queen Elisabeth II.
WD> When visiting the UK the Saudi king was invited to Sandringham, the WD> private royal estate in the highlands. Elisabeth took him on a visit WD> in her LandRover, driving herself. The king was abhored but had to WD> shut up.
BOC! "s'lands wijs, s'lands eer" goes both ways. Even for royalty.
