[battlegearboat]

Meanwhile, down in Africa...

[Eala]

In the heart of the U.S., anti-French Mood Remains Firm

As for Americans boycotting French products, he was skeptical. "I don't think you can resist our wines," he said.

I've had them (over there). They are marvelous. But I can easily resist.

[MoJo2001]

Strains in French-American ties would be temporary, he said. As for Americans boycotting French products, he was skeptical. "I don't think you can resist our wines," he said.

I can resist your wine, people, and government without a second thought. Be gone pond scum of France!

[polemikos]

And I should care what the Fench think because...???

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[Dolphy]

Julien Vazzoleretto saw the same images, yet his reaction was equivocal. "One tyrant less," said Mr. Vazzoleretto, 25, who is unemployed. "But at what price?"

Well, Julien, it will cost your French oil company billions and your defense contractors a little something too.

[blake6900]

Nicolas Poschard, a 35-year-old accountant, was less forgiving of the United States. "There are many economic dangers," he said. "Now you have to attack the whole world — Korea, Iran." No trace of chemical arms or weapons of mass destruction were found, he said, and broad swaths of Iraq lay destroyed. "Who is going to rebuild it?" he said. "We, the developed countries."

Someone should tell this moron his president, Jacques Chirac, wants to help rebuild Iraq.

To the victor go the spoils and the last time France ever won a war was the French Revolution...and they lost that one, too...

[xJones]

Strains in French-American ties would be temporary, he said.

He wishes!

[rvoitier]

New York Times

I don't believe them either.

ps. I've heard Australian wines are great.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Many continue to mistrust American motives and to defend President Jacques Chirac, who opposed military action.

Hypocrites. Or do they honestly beleive Chirac's motives were purely altruistic? I doubt it.

[saquin]

"It is one thing if you see images of a child in blood on the ground," she said. "Yesterday, people saw images of the statue falling. Now they're changing their minds. It is good."

It's truly scary how much their views are formed by fleeting images. Don't they have any ideas about the regime or the war irrespective of what images their nightly news chooses to show them that day? It just shows you how much power the media has to shape the opinions of weak, uninformed minds.

[F16Fighter]

"One tyrant less," said Mr. Vazzoleretto, 25, who is unemployed. "But at what price?"

The price is ALWAYS "too much" for the liberals of the world who themselves aren't at risk of being hacked to death in their own homes, or tossed into a jail that doubles as a tomb.

The biggest problem of the day for these morons is, "which movie to see," or "global warming."

[What Is Ain't]

Even after the collapse of Mr. Hussein's rule, French disapproval of the war is overwhelming.

And who in this country, other than the editors at the NYT, care what the French think?

Many remain shocked by the bloodshed and destruction.

Do they also remain shocked by the bloodshed and destruction of Hussein visited upon the citizens of Iraq? Or, is this selective reporting by the "paper of record"?

All those interviewed said France and the United States must not let differences over the war translate into a permanent divide, though they acknowledged that mending the torn fabric would be arduous.

Is this the NYT allowing others to state their view rather than having to deal with the backlash they would suffer if they had the guts to state it directly?

"I see the Palestinian issue, why don't they intervene there?" she said. "The Americans have lots of interests in the region. Yet the Palestinians have only rocks to defend themselves."

No anti-American NYT article would be complete without a reference to the innocent homicide-bombers who "only have rocks to defend themselves."

Who cares what the French, or their kneepad-wearing NYT toadies think?

[FITZ]

"One tyrant less," said Mr. Vazzoleretto, 25, who is unemployed. "But at what price?"......Guillaume Percheron, 20, an engineering student, said he had believed from the start that war was justified. "The regime there was disturbing," he said. "I thought it was right."

Interesting the difference. The unemployed 25 year old is likely a socialist who believes others should pay his bills, that money grows on trees and he shouldn't have to work, the other is a more logical type of person --studying engineering.

[Dog Gone]

Mr. Chirac's obstinacy was grounded in a desire to spare France terrorist attacks.

Oh, so they admit that cowardice was the key element. How French.

[KC_Conspirator]

No trace of chemical arms or weapons of mass destruction were found, he said, and broad swaths of Iraq lay destroyed.

That is a lie. We have tons of evidence, including at least three labs, chemical weapons, radiactive materials, two terrorist camps, and a torture chamber.

[truth_seeker]

"Even after the collapse of Mr. Hussein's rule, French disapproval of the war is overwhelming."

The French need to recognize that Americans are starting to disapprove of the Liberation of France.

The cost in blood to liberate France, exceeds the cost in blood to liberate Iraq.

We'll be able to look back, in a few years, and determine how Iraq turned out. We know now that France turned ungrateful.

Maybe Iraq will turn ungrateful, too. Leading up to Gulf War II, there were signs of that being the case, for Kuwait (later it has turned out better).

[Vision Thing]

Nicole Keene is one of a minority among the French who says the war is justified. "I don't mean I was for it," said Ms. Keene, 59, the director of the local social security office. "But it was needed, in a sense."

After this faint praise for the coalition cause, I wonder how long Chirac will let Nicole keep her government job.

[SBprone]

"I don't think you can resist our wines," he said.

Great wines are now produced all over the world. Spain, Autstralia and Chile produce some of my favorites. California has been on line for a long time but prices for premium wines are now out of line. Not so with some outstanding wines from Washington State.

I doubt that the French know much about this. They certainly don't seem to care.

[Tunehead54]

While most people in France say the principal American motivation for war was oil, he said he saw it as a reaction to the terrorist threat. "Sept. 11 was sort of the drop that made the bucket overflow," he said.

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This one gets me. Just a drop?