How France Blocked U.S. In Ankara ~ MICHAEL LEDEEN

The New York Sun ^ | March 26, 2003 | MICHAEL LEDEEN

[Elle Bee]

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[goldstategop]

Its just like Chiraq to bludgeon other countries into opposing America to serve his selfish interests.

[livius]

Sheds a whole different light on things, if true. What do you think, a_Turk. Any French/German influence?

[Jumper]

France is under great economic pressure. The Bush Administration should make every effort to further cripple the French economy; calculating the cost of the war effort, the economic effort and the lost diplomatic wages as a starting poing and then adding 100% for "pain and suffering". It is the best interest of America immediately, and all Europeans down the road, to neuter France's aggressive Political-Economic Gambit and force her back to debtor status.

[oscharbob]

Even more reason for the citizens of the U.S. to avoid the purchase of products/stocks/bonds/commodities of France, Germany,China, Russia or any other country opposed to supporting the Humanitarian/Freedom Fight of the United States and Great Britain!!!!!!!!!!!!

oscharbob

[Elle Bee]

Ledeen's latest book also points out that all of this in Iraq is for naught if we don't clean up Iran also.

... just one more reason to thank the peanut farmer from Georgia

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[An.American.Expatriate]

I knew it at the time but couldn't prove it.

[Elle Bee]

I couldn't agree more

after we win in Iraq we should take on the US State Department

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[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #4

I did not realize that France would go this far to have a showdown with America. I have to still wonder if going along with France/Germany is worth the damage Turkey will get by stiffing America. Do these Euros have enough money to bail out the ailing Turkish economy ? Would they help Turkey controling Kurds ?

[Elle Bee]

working link:

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[David Isaac]

Bush Sr. "intuited" the New World Order?

Yeah, just like Lenin intuited Communist Russia. Small point of history: When Bush Sr. was running for President in 1980, against Reagan, he was forced out of the game by conservatives (yes, real ones), for his affinity for things international and his support of the NWO.

[livius]

just one more reason to thank the peanut farmer from Georgia

There's a Spanish word, "gafe," which means a bearer of bad luck, a jinx. Somebody in Spain a couple of weeks ago told me he thought Jimmuh was a "gafe."

[Elle Bee]

and his sister and brother were a couple of pea-nuts too

the most incopident Cabinet until Clinon's corrupt and ugly one came along

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[irish guard]

Ping

Seems it isn't just our favoring the PKK during the Xlinton era.....Our "friends" the French seem to really wanted the Iraqi Butcher Saddam to remain in charge.

Methinks the French have a lot to hide or explain when this is all over. In either event, I suspect there is more to this story than was found in the Wall Street Journal article you led me to yesterday......REmember, Bush, unlike Xlinton is a man of his word....Your (The Turks) mistake not to have believed that.

[Magnolia]

...if they voted to help the Coalition war effort, Turkey would be locked out of Europe for a generation. As one Turkish leader put it, "there were no promises, only threats."

It should come as no surprise that a young, inexperienced government, would be intimidated by what they feared ...being "locked out of Europe". Given the seeming Euro-wide opposition to the US, Turkish officials were forced to make a choice they were ill-equipped to make.

I'm not excusing Turkey's decision, but there were other pressures that should be considered. Their government now realizes this great mistake and seem to be making efforts to make amends.

[PGalt]

Good article, thanks for your post.

[Diogenesis]

ChiIRAQ is the leader of the French Axis of Evil.

His only role should be to assist Annan and Blix as human "canaries"
for French/Russian/German-engineered WMD located in Iraq.

France itself has systematically proven itself as a shi%%y little whore of a country.

[mgist]

Great article this is a keeper. More ammunition for arguments about my French friends.

[a_Turk]

>> Any French/German influence?

I did hear them "urging" us not to support the measures, first the troops, and then the air corridors.. But never anything really plain and concrete was reported.

I wish the article would have had more information on the topic..

[a_Turk]

The Europeans wouldn't piss on Turkey if she were on fire..