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France's Royal calls for Clinton to weigh in on Lebanon
AFP via The Tocqueville Connection ^
| 08/01/2006
Posted on 08/01/2006 11:23:45 AM PDT by Republicain
PARIS, Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - Segolene Royal, the Socialist tipped to become France's first female president, on Tuesday called for former US president Bill Clinton to intervene to calm the escalating Middle East conflict.
"France can play an intermediary, trustworthy role" but we also need "voices that carry international weight, that have moral authority", Royal told RTL radio.
"I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton. We can find others, one per continent, who will be able to relaunch dialogue and give the feeling that we can talk to each other again," she said.
"We need person-to-person talks so that this little 48-hour glimmer of truce can be transformed into a ceasefire," Royal added.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; france; lebanon; loungelizard; royal; segoleneroyal; serialrapist; socialists; womanpresident
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To: Republicain
To: Republicain
Sounds like she is fishing for a date from ole' bent one.
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:25:26 AM PDT
by
LetsRok
To: Republicain
Yep, BJ Clinton is the paragon of infinite knowledge and absolute truth...get him to blabble on about the Middle East. Just what we all want to hear.
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:25:36 AM PDT
by
madison10
To: Republicain
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:25:58 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Republicain
"We can find others, one per continent, who will be able to relaunch dialogue and give the feeling that we can talk to each other again," she said.
She sounds about as grounded as Yoko Ono.
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:27:06 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Republicain
The French & The Terrorist love Slick!
To: Republicain
Is there anything in this World that can't be made just a little bit better with the addition of a wee bit of Bill Clinton.
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:28:16 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
To: Republicain
"France can play an intermediary, trustworthy role" but we also need "voices that carry international weight, that have moral authority", Royal told RTL radio.
"I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton.
ROFL
To: Republicain
She only trusts fellow travelers.
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:28:50 AM PDT
by
MilesVeritatis
(War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things...." - John Stuart Mill)
To: Republicain
France can play an intermediary, trustworthy role" but we also need "voices that carry international weight, that have moral authority", Royal told RTL radio. "I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton. We can find others, one per continent, who will be able to relaunch dialogue and give the feeling that we can talk to each other again," HA HA HA HA HA!!!! GOOD ONE!
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:29:35 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
To: Republicain
voices that carry international weight, that have moral authority", Royal told RTL radio. "I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton. Ok, technically she did not use the words "Bill Clinton" and "Moral Authority" in the same sentence, but she was darn close!
To: Republicain
I can just hear Bubba now:
"Ah worked as hard as Ah could to bring peace to the Middle East. Nobody worked harder. Ah really did. I sent Jimmah Cahta. I sent Mad Halfbright. I hugged Arafat. Hell, even Hillary hugged Suha."
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:31:20 AM PDT
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: Republicain
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:31:38 AM PDT
by
observer5
("Better violate the rights of a few sometimes, than of all always!!)
To: Republicain
"...called for former US president Bill Clinton to intervene to calm the escalating Middle East..."
How can she lead her country if she does not even know that former US Presidents have no official status or US foreign policy authority ... ESPECIALLY that former President! Duh!
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:32:41 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
To: Polyxene
Maybe if he had spent that morning when he kept Arafat cooling his heels in the Rose Garden negotiating with the old terrorist instead of have Wee Willie waxed by an intern, he might have gotten somewhere.
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posted on
08/01/2006 11:33:15 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
To: Republicain
Well, we might use him as a human shield. That'd work.
To: Republicain
...but how much would he charge & who would pay the bill?
To: Republicain
"I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton. We can find others, one per continent, who will be able to relaunch dialogue and give the feeling that we can talk to each other again," she said. Ma'am, that is the approach that has been used there for decades now. It only leads to more death (usually by Israel honoring a deal, and Muslims murdering more innocents until Israel feels like it will be allowed to fight back once again). Only outright military victory will lead to a resolution here. When one side decides that killing is not wirth the consequnces, then the killing will stop. Having talking heads intervene repeatedly merely ensures that the killing will go on and on and on.
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