France won't back U.S. attack on Iraq

Washington Times ^ | 2/22/02 | Steve Park

[kattracks]

The French ambassador to the United States says Europe will not support any U.S. military action against Iraq without clear evidence that a military response is warranted.

"We would not pledge support. They (the United States) would be on their own," Ambassador Francois Bujon said at a Tuesday evening forum sponsored by Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

[DoughtyOne]

Now there's a news flash...

[The Great Satan]

Big deal. F*** 'em.

[patriciaruth]

Vichy strikes again.

Who decided this? The pairs skating judge?

[xm177e2]

France won't back U.S. attack on Iraq, Americans are emotionally devastated </sarcasm>

[fleur-de-lis]

"We would not pledge support. They (the United States) would be on their own,"

So what is new here? So who cares?

[JohnHuang2]

Like we give a crap. The French socialists can go right straight to...

[sheik yerbouty]

Hopefully, the French will side with Iraq.

[Jean S]

Oh no! We can't possibly do anything more without their approval. Stop the war right now.

[river rat]

I'm shocked the surrender monkeys took this position....bent over, presenting their asses to the boy loving muslim "heros".
My contempt for the weak willed Europeans, deepens.
Semper Fi

[The Great Satan]

The French -- "euro-weaklings" par excellence.

[wretchard]

The less attention we pay to France the better. They are a waste of time.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

Leave the French people be. You can't expect them to change over-nightcentury. I don't even bother worrying about what they say. When I found out that it was Napolean's sissy-boy knicker's look that started the French fashion industry, I decided they were not worth my time.

[BigFLPanhandleDude]

Oh, to listen to such dribble from the Frogs...Disgusting parasites that they are. Why we leave the remains of thousands of honorable servicemen interred in French soil is beyond me.

[patriciaruth]

Yes, they gave the world the guillotine, and Napolian, and the Vichy government, and the Maginot line, but OTOH, I loved fois gras and mushrooms with noodles by a fireplace in a great Bourdeaux restaurant, and poached calf brains in a bistro in Paris.

What can I say? I'm a sucker for their food and their art and their language. So, we suffer the fools for the few things they got right.

[mamelukesabre]

How many times in the last 50 years has France been 100% in support of America's military actions? Seriously. I think we should not care in the least what France thinks about anything. They have proven themselves to be a major nuisance.

[11B3]

"Iraq can be dealt with more effectively though diplomatic and economic approaches"
Yes, this approach has worked so well in stopping any WMD proliferation with Iraq.

We're trying to see it your way, Frogs, but we can't seem to get our heads quite that far up our a$$es. Now go take a shower (with soap), and wait for the nice Muslims to show up in your country. Maybe you can just give your country to them - like back in WWII when those nice Germans came to Paris. What did you do then? Oh yeah, you showed them where to park their Panzers and gave them your wives. Good tacticians.

[blondee123]

Like we NEED their help!!!

[sushiman]

I am ashamed to say i have some french blood in me ( boudreau ) ...my ancestors , though , to their credit , saw the writing on the wall a long time ago and split for the new world ... i'd rather kiss a real frog than a french one any day ...

[Dan Day]

France won't back U.S. attack on Iraq

I have two simultaneous reactions to this:

1. And this is news because....?

2. And we should care because...?

[Dan Day]

Maybe you can just give your country to them - like back in WWII when those nice Germans came to Paris. What did you do then? Oh yeah, you showed them where to park their Panzers and gave them your wives. Good tacticians.

There's an old (like 50+ year old) joke that goes, "For sale: French rifle. Never used, dropped once."

[JasonC]

The U.S. ambassador to France says America will not support any French military action against Germany without clear evidence that a military response is warranted. "We would not pledge support. They (France) would be on their own," Ambassador Ohgo Stuffit said at a Tuesday evening forum.

[piasa]

Is he any relation to Mr. Franz Otto Stuffit?

[lambo]

"How many times in the last 50 years has France been 100% in support of America's military actions?"

Make that 60 years. They weren't even unanimous in support of our rescuing their smelly arses from the Nazis.

[mamelukesabre]

They objected to americans shooting germans? Or did they simply object to being in debt to america?

I think the french just hate it when ever they are outdone by anyone that speaks english. ;-)

[NeonKnight]

The Euroweenies strike again.

[connectthedots]

Joke from Mad Ivan: Wht do the French line their roads with trees? So their conquerors can march in the shade.

[JasonC]

The amendment is friendly.

LOL.

[WyldKard]

I'm sorry France...did you say something?

Nothing worth listening to, I'm sure...

[Joe Boucher]

The next time Germany invades your sorry country you can have Iraq rescue you. French dogs.

[RushLake]

So the sniveling cowardly french aren't going to back U.S. up on Iraq? Is there really any reason to post this type of stuff? This is not news.

[weikel]

So when are they surrendering to Iraq?

[Long Cut]

Kind of a shame. The holders of the last testosterone supply in France, La Legion, might have wanted to come to the party. They're always welcome in my book, even if "they're only as good as their weakest German", according to the old saying.

[MinuteGal]

I wouldn't even count on the Legion. The fish rots from the head down. Gary Cooper and Ray Milland are long gone from the corps.

Leni

[section9]

Ah, the French have struck again...

"Mon Capitain, Major Strasser has been shot!"

"Well then, you know what to do! Round up the usual Germans, then ask for terms."

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Robear]

Je m'en fous!

[MeekOneGOP]

France won't back U.S. attack on Iraq

I'm in SHOCK, I tell ya - Shock!
/sarcasm

[cynicom]

The cowardly French would not fight when their own country was invaded by the Germans, somehow this posture does not surprise anyone.

[ScreamingFist]

OK, I gotta ask. How do you get a sign-on date that's 7 years before FR was created?

[jwalsh07]

60 million French, 120 million French arseholes.

Go figure.

[Gumlegs]

How many times in the last 50 years has France been 100% in support of America's military actions?

Never. I'm not sure they supported us 100% on the two occasions when we threw the Germans out of France. (Both more than 50 years ago, but you get the idea).

[katana]

wait for the nice Muslims to show up in your country

They are already there. Take a walk in any Paris suburb and you'll feel (and smell) like you've had a stroll through Beirut. Brussels, another bastion of nutless wonderment, is as bad or worse, especially in the area around the Midi train station.

The Europeans have had an open door policy to North African and Middle Eastern immigration for decades ... something to do with colonial guilt and cheap labor. They already have massive social and crime problems with the Muslim communities in their midst, and will only pay an even heavier price for this idiotic policy as time goes on.

[constitutiongirl]

I don't know if this factoid is true or not...but a recent article in The Economist stated that Buenos Aires has a larger white European population than any of the continental European capitals.

[Bommer]

When has this country of Clouseau's ever supported the US in anything?????

[katana]

Kind of shocking, but the Economist is about as reliable a source as you can find and it is no doubt true. Argentina never had much of an Indian population nor much (maybe no) slavery, so the demographics there are completely different than anyplace else in South America. The family names nearly all sound Spanish, Italian, German, or English. Brazil, on the other hand, is a genuine melting pot of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Portuguese, and Amazonian Indian populations. It makes for a very interesting and spicy mix, but the social conditions are volatile to say the least.

[browardchad]

"There may never be conditions for [Europe to support] attacking Iraq."

After this war, there may never be conditions for the US to defend France.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

I'm shocked the surrender monkeys took this position....bent over, presenting their asses to the boy loving muslim "heros". My contempt for the weak willed Europeans, deepens. Semper Fi

If these wine-guzzling, lisp-languaged sissies had ANY backbone, they would have been able to fight for themselves last century.