Posted on 09/19/2006 11:17:41 AM PDT by mojito
Ahead of what is now certain to be a contentious meeting with President Bush today, President Chirac of France reneged on his previous support for a united international approach to halting Iran's nuclear program.
In two interviews on the eve of his trip to Turtle Bay to attend the U.N. General Assembly, Mr. Chirac threatened to restart negotiations with Iran. His comments called into question the united position of the five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany, whose foreign ministers had said that unless Iran suspended enrichment by the end of August, the council would consider punitive measures.
"I don't believe in a solution without dialogue," Mr. Chirac told Europe 1 radio. "We must, on the one hand, together, Iran and the six countries, meet and set an agenda, then start negotiations."
The French president added, "I suggest that the six renounce referring" Iran to "the U.N. Security Council and that Iran renounce uranium enrichment during negotiations," according to an Associated Press translation.
However, Iran is already on the Security Council's agenda. The 15-member body earlier adopted a declaration by the foreign ministers of Russia, China, America, France, Britain, and Germany to consider sanctions unless Tehran suspends enrichment. And the International Atomic Energy Agency has said since then that it has been unable to verify that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful.
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100% surrender mode 100% of the time
As if France matters.
I wish we could think of something really ugly to do to France.
ChIraq wants to be paid off. Send in the B52s.
How else can you assure you get paid, eh, Chirac?
This is going to have to go down just like Iraq, rendering the UN, once again impotent and discredited (which it richly deserves), and showing corrupted governments that all of their hornswaggling counts for exactly zilch.
This news just continues my reasons for not buying French products.
VICHY FRANCE. Are there any real Frenchmen left? Is there a testicle in that beautiful place? Surrender monkies.
France matters only to the extent that its actions undermine the security of the United States. On that score, it's doing a fine job.
Uh, that would be "Separate PIECE", Jaques. P-I-E-C-E. As in "Islam is a religion of PIECE".
Here a piece, there a piece, ev'rywhere a piece, piece.
As in "You wanna PIECE o' me?!"
As in, "MON DIEU! Give me that PIECE of white cloth!!"
As in "Islamic Republic of France".
Already preparing for the return of Vichy France, I see.
The only thing you can do is take it out on the poor French farmers who are going out of business due to the lack of wine sales.
And of course you can order some more fine Shiraz from our fine ally in Aussie land.
The only other thing I can think of offhand is to call the French Embassy to the UN and thank them for not sticking the knife in right before the vote. Tell them that it's much more noble to do it at least before the Security Council session on Iran sanctions begins.
No surprise here. France is just coddling up to the next dictator with the oil in the neighborhood. They are determined to compete with China for most inhumane foreign policy, Re: Sudan and Iran.
Actually, Chirac has made a career of being close to the Arabs. He personally visited Saddam to close the nuclear plant deal that the Israelis later bombed. He was deep into the UN Oil for Food Progam, and French banks handled most of the UN slush fund involved.
This goes all the way back to de Gaulle, who refused to cooperate with the Allies during the Second World War and proceeded to pull out of NATO later.
I think it was actually the French who invented the name Eurabia, which was seen as an alliance of Europe and the Arab states against the power of the U.S.
The French see themselves as leaders of this effort. Or at least they once did. Now they may be starting to realize that they are in the soup, and that Eurabia means not an alliance of convenience with the Arabs and their oil money, but a takeover of Europe by Muslims.
But evidently the defeatist Euros lack the guts to do anything about it. This decision clearly signals their greed and fear--greed for Arab oil money, and fear of Muslim violence. Goodbye, Europe!
And Chirac isn't even a Socialist. Nor was de Gaulle. They are merely embittered French patriots, who would rather lead their country to annihiliation than admit that they are now a second- or third-rank power.
I would boycott France but I am already doing that.
"I wish we could think of something really ugly to do to France."
Send a 1/2 million bars of soap on a rope.
I hate this socialist p*ssy, Chirac! What a sorry excuse for a leader. He is truly a wimpy little whore who gets his jollies embracing our enemies and tweaking the United States and our President whenever he gets the chance. I wish there was a way to make this s.o.b. pay, and I mean BIG TIME!
What might that be? That Iran promises not to nuke France?
If only Bush could have another presidential term, I do believe he'd get rid of the useless U.N. They are good for absolutely nothing!
Or 50-thousand cases of Edam cheese! Mon Dieu!
You nailed it. The French have always been this way.
If France comes to some kind of separate agreement with Iran, the US should cut France off. Complete boycott. Let them trade with their friends in Iran.
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Setting Iraq up for a blast from Israel!
With friends like France, who needs enemies??
How utterly retarded have the French people become that they allow a complete fool to continue to be their voice?
Make your peace with them then Mr Chirac. Hell, make an alliance with them as well. French troops suffer the exact same consequences as islamics when we drop cluster bombs.
France made a back door oil deal in exchange for sabotaging enforcement against the development of nuclear weapons by Iran.
No, just that it promises to nuke them LAST...or at least before it starts nuking other Islamic countries who are serving Satan up to their standards.
Cheese on a Rope!
They can eat and shower at the same time.
How can they have a separate peace when they don't have a war to begin with?
France is our enemy. It is time we started treating her as such.
We can. The next time they get invaded, we don't bail them out.
The Iraq war never would have been necessary if France had not, along with Russia and China, turned the U.N. resolutions into paper jokes because of their back door deals with Saddam Hussein for their own selfish interests.
Chirac is a disgrace to humanity at a time when leaders of integrity are desperately needed. If there were any such thing as Karma he would have pancreatic cancer with painful metastasis throughout his body.
Can anybody give me one good reason that we lost a single American in France during WWII? Should have invaded through Norway.
The time is coming fast when France is to be treated as the enemy it is.
I can just hear the Iranian Military Band striking up the Horst Wessel song now....
Sanctions on Iran = sanctions on France.
Surprise, surprise!
France will be a Muslim country in a few years. Whatever Chirac does, doesn't matter much. The country is lost no matter what he does.
He may already have been paid off. Maybe it's time to take a look at Chirac's banking records.
Chirac: "Nuke us last, pretty please?"
I'm sure the America-haters at DU are cheering France for contributing to the weekening of our national security.
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