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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 27 October | 126 comments (126 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I'm thinking that the US choose Ares since people would think that it is a French word; and that, like the French, who learned the hard lessons of the moral frivolity of colonialism and war-making after their Vietnamese and Algerian escapades, the USians are wanting to show that they too can learn this lesson as well.

Of course, Ares isn't a French word at all, but is Greek for the god of blood-lust.

Just sayin'

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Tue Oct 27th, 2009 at 11:17:38 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 1)

Actually, it IS a French word ;-)
It's the plural of are, which is a unit of area.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Oct 27th, 2009 at 11:21:23 AM EST
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