[Dane]

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[MEG33]

Just reading the name Villepin makes me reach for the Rolaids!

[Dane]

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[Mike Darancette]

Iraq would face "total chaos" if the United States surrendered to demands for a hasty U.S. transfer of authority to Iraqi control..

But isn't that what France wants?

[concerned about politics]

France has something to hide when it comes to Iraq. I'd like to know what horror they've been involved in.

[sd-joe]

>> "the current path in Iraq runs "the risk of entering into a spiral with no return." <<

Just like old people in France.

[prairiebreeze]

I wonder if the Iraqi's will find out how badly the Frogs want America to leave Iraq.

Prairie

[sully777]

Ivory Coast, French Indo-China, Haiti, Algeria, Languadoc, St. Bart's Day, Franco-Prussian War, Treaty of Versailles, 1930's secret treaties with Italy regarding Ethiopia, Syrian Mandate to name but a few.

The fruits of French diplomacy: Well fermented and totally demented!

[Keith in Iowa]

We only have to look to history to see what happens when the UN is in charge. It took Germany 45 years to unify after WW-II; and then there's Korea - another fine example of the UN's effectiveness.

[blam]

Screw France!

[Jorge]

The French just want their Baathist buddies back in charge.

[Mo1]

In an opinion piece in the French newspaper Le Monde, de Villepin wrote that a provisional government should be established in Iraq in a month, a draft constitution by the end of the year and elections next spring.

Well it looks like France wants Saddam to return

[OrioleFan]

France would do best to concentrate on keeping their people from dying of heat stroke.

[demkicker]

Villepin and the rest of the Frenchies need to get off their penis envy kick and come to grips with the fact that they have ABSOLUTELY NO CLOUT, NO SAY AND NO RESPECT anymore. Either they fall in line to give legitimate help and in return receive some lucrative business opportunites, or get the hell out of our way!

[wimpycat]

Given the differences with the views of France and other countries, Powell predicted that the debate will be "spirited."

You gotta love that old "spirited debate". That's diplo-speak for "somebody's mama's gonna get dissed...big time."

[Stultis]

Powell said Wednesday in an interview with Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite network, that Iraq would face "total chaos" if the United States surrendered to demands for a hasty U.S. transfer of authority to Iraqi control

Which is, of course, EXACTLY what the French want, either that or a rapid return to power of their freinds the Baathists.

Five Vital Lessons From Iraq (Paul Johnson)

Lesson I. We have been reminded that France is not to be trusted at any time, on any issue. The British have learned this over 1,000 years of acrimonious history, but it still comes as a shock to see how badly the French can behave, with their unique mixture of shortsighted selfishness, long-term irresponsibility, impudent humbug and sheer malice. Americans are still finding out--the hard way--that loyalty, gratitude, comradeship and respect for treaty obligations are qualities never exhibited by French governments. All they recognize are interests, real or imaginary. French support always has to be bought. What the Americans and British now have to decide is whether formal alliances that include France as a major partner are worth anything at all, or if they are an actual encumbrance in times of danger.

We also have to decide whether France should be allowed to remain as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, with veto power, or whether it should be replaced by a more suitable power, such as India. Linked to this is the question of whether France can be trusted as a nuclear power. The French have certainly sold nuclear technology to rogue states in the past, Iraq among them. In view of France's attempts to sabotage America's vigorous campaign to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction, we need to be sure that France is not planning to cover the cost of its flagging nuclear weapons program by selling secrets to unruly states. Certainly Anglo-American surveillance of French activities in this murky area must be intensified.

[lawdude]

I think it is time for us (US) to go, "wink-nudge" to the Swiss and ask them if they had thought about expanding their empire in Europe lately.

[woofie]

"We've done a lot of liberation in Europe after other Europeans had occupied parts of Europe," Powell said.

Tell em France is next

[woofie]

"We've done a lot of liberation in Europe after other Europeans had occupied parts of Europe," Powell said.

Tell em France is next