Author Topic: Missing : 57 billion Euros (Read 1141 times)

straffo · « **on:** April 22, 2003, 04:39:53 AM »

http://www.lemonde.fr/recherche_articleweb/1,9687,317168,00.html

Were are the alleged 60 billion ?

According to the same source the Iraq debt to the Us should be between 3,3 end 3,8 billion ...

go figure...

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2003, 08:55:51 AM »

Je ne parle pas francais.

(was that right?)

Who's got an English translation, I can only get the jist of this article - fear I may be missing a point or two.

Mini D · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:02:14 AM »

Ya... those illegal weapons sales really add up quick.

MiniD

straffo · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:07:16 AM »

It's right Sardaukar

I'm to lazy to translate this article (it's complex even in french ...) , and my second sentence is just a "flèche du Parthe" (I dunno how to translate this expression).

After seeing lot of post pretending Iraqi debt to(?) France was about 60 billion $ without any proof,I just need the help of my conservatives friend to find the missing 57 billion as this article pointed it's "only" 3 billion.

The humourous part is the comparison with US debt amount

OIO · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:08:12 AM »

how can you consider stuff written in a newspaper called "lemonade" ?

I mean, seriously, whats wrong with you?

Rude · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:12:08 AM »

57 billion euros? What's that...about 5 bucks?

straffo · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:16:41 AM »

1 EUR <=> 1,08569 USD

Ps : don't forget that some country use the ',' as decimal separator ... like mine

Dowding · « **Reply #7 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:21:21 AM »

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57 billion euros? What's that...about 5 bucks?

lol

The self-assured ignorance of some people is extraordinary.

ra · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:21:39 AM »

Le Monde is the French New York Times. They're wrong about everything, and proud of it.

AKIron · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:36:25 AM »

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Originally posted by Rude
57 billion euros? What's that...about 5 bucks?

hehe

Dowding · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:40:01 AM »

5 dollars? What's that... about 0.0000000004 quid?

AKIron · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:41:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
5 dollars? What's that... about 3.22 quid?

That's pretty cheap, squid are more expensive here.

Dowding · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:43:53 AM »

I changed it. It's now more representative of the price of seafood.

X2Lee · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:44:09 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
lol

The self-assured ignorance of some people is extraordinary.

I think its called sarcasm
I guess the english translation is self-assured ignorance

Dowding · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2003, 09:46:26 AM »

It's not sarcasm - that would be the exaggeration of a fact into a snide throwaway remark.

As if!