>>>>We respectfully disagree. He is already repairing our damaged relations around the world.
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>>>>In your humble opinion, he is repairing our damaged relations. IMHO, he is turning us into sitting ducks for our enemies and it will be innocent civilians who pay the price for his naiveté and inexperience.
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>>>>Still in Ireland? I am envious.
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>>>>In England now <s>...
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>>>I don't feel like a sitting duck at all. Our defenses are up, way up. We remain defended by strong men who will do what needs to be done by night, or however Charles puts it.
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>>>There is just a middle ground between being too soft and wiping your a** with the Constitution and international accords. We should not be the joker in the pack. It's beneath the principles we were founded on.
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>>>Say hello to England for me. It's dreary and old, in short everything America strives not to be, but I loved my time there. Several times, most memorably the first. I was 23 and something of a hotshot at the company I worked for, based in Dallas. One morning the boss called and said you need to get to London pronto. I said I don't have a passport. He said it's on its way. (He was friends with Senator Percy). He said you're a lucky young man, they are the top grocery chain in England. I was to report to Sainsbury's "head office" near Blackfriars Bridge. I did, and he was right. I stayed at a comfortable old hotel that whole summer. I was within walking distance of work -- when I crossed the Strand I knew I was getting close -- as well as Charles Dickens's birthplace. It's really something to be able to walk around and see St. Paul's and Big Ben and Parliament.
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>>"It's dreary and old," cheers Mike. We love you too.
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>It wasn't meant as an insult although I guess it came through that way. My time there was without question among the most memorable of my life.


Wasn't taken as an insult, I'm only pulling your chain.