Give me a "B"--give me a "U" --- give me an "L" ---give me a "G"--and an

Let's see now, the conservative government in France, the Belgian
government, the German government, the majority in Britain, the majority in
Italy, the majority in Spain (despite their governments' support for a US
war against Iraq), and of course the Russian government and no doubt the
majority of Russian people. and now Japan..........so this is the "old
Europe and friends" that doesn't account for much.....hardly any people in
those countries........but at least Bush has the support of Bulgaria!!!!
Let's hear it for the "New Europe!!"

(P.S.--Nothing in the note should in the slightest be construed as support
or enthusiasm on my part for any of those governments. Just a bit of
information on good old "inter-imperialist rivalry" as Wally used to call
it......)

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From Japan Times newspaper:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030211a1.htm

79% in Japan oppose U.S. offensive in Iraq: survey

Nearly 79 percent of those who responded to a recent Kyodo News phone survey
said they oppose a U.S.-led military attack on Iraq, the news agency said
Monday.
Some 78.7 percent of respondents to the weekend survey voiced opposition
toward an attack, with just 15.5 percent expressing support.
Some 48.5 percent of respondents said that the Japanese government should
not support a military strike, an increase of 9.7 percentage points from a
similar survey conducted in January.