Chirac basks in warm glow of adulation (gag)

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 03/12/03 | Jon Henley

[finnman69]

Saddam says "Jackie,come back to bed....."

[Maeve]

One of the first words the French president uttered during his TV interview was "multipolar". The idea of four or five more or less balanced power blocs in the world had been "very much part of Chirac's thinking since the end of the cold war", said Mr Parmentier.

So the New World Order finally comes out and says it. Chirac has described the driving spirit behind the EU as well as NAFTA, in my opinion.

The Bible prophecy folk will love this admission.

[Shermy]

Aah, where's the French ambiguity and sophistication they so proclaim for themselves? Turns out they're bunch of insecure teenagers.

[sinkspur]

But analysts warned of severe diplomatic turbulence ahead as the United States, in particular, works out how to respond to what many here see as France's most deliberate challenge yet to US international ambitions.

Just wait til those little Paris eateries and hotels are empty this summer.

And American Airlines cancels its Airbus orders.

And Americans suddenly prefer Ozarka to Evian.

These cheese-eaters ain't seen nothin' yet. When France drops into recession, what will Chirac's "subjects" think of him then?

[Adrastus]

When Bagdad falls and Jacque the crack is exposed what he is there will be a one man (worm)march on the Bastille. His days are numbered. How proud the french will be when they are faced with the truth.

[Unam Sanctam]

Mr. Chirac is in no way a "herald of the world's oppressed," since he is perfectly willing to allow a vicious mass murderer like Saddam Hussein go scott free in perpetrating his crimes, and is against promoting the benefits of democracy and human rights in the Middle East. Moreover, he is not a champion of multilateralism, since he wants to emasculate the Security Council, which should be the world's policeman against rogue states (not the US), by ruling out a definite threat of force to encorce Security Council resolutions if compliance is not obtained or reasonably obtainable through other means.

[CharacterCounts]

Jacques Chirac basked yesterday in an unprecedented show of adulation

I'm bookmarking this thread. I want to be able to reference it quickly twelve months from now. Let's just see how much French adulation for Chirac exists a year from today.

[John Valentine]

I'll postulate this; in any reformed or re-consituted UN, there will be no "Security Council" where France has veto power.

[AntiDemocrat]

[Chi-townChief]

" ..... La Croix compared to Nelson Mandela. "

Talk about a left-handed compliment!!

[a_Turk]

>> a leader whom the Catholic newspaper La Croix compared to Nelson Mandela.

I watched Mr. Mandela on TV suggesting that Mr. Bush was unable to think. His sophisticated South African audience was tickled.

Mr. Mandela is also a critic of Turkey. He is critical of Turkey's war on terror.

Was he ever considered a terrorist, or was he more like a Ghandi?

[Shermy]

Whatever he was, he flipped on the War on Terror. Came out like a statesman first. Then started taking speaking fees from Gulf states. He's been bought out. Now takes an elitist Western European attitude.

[Mortimer Snavely]

Mandela's critics and political opponents would find themselves with a tire forced over them and then being lit on fire. "Necklacing" it was called.

[nopardons]

He was and still IS a bloody terrorist ! Nelson is also a stinking COMMIE, who LOVES all other stinking COMMIES.

[nopardons]

Necklacing wasn't the worst of it. Mandela also had people killed in other ways as well. So did his then wife.

[Texasforever]

I'll postulate this; in any reformed or re-consituted UN, there will be no "Security Council" where France has veto power.

This is the UN's dance of death. In the minds of France and Germany, there is no longer a need for the UN. With the inauguration of the EU controlled "International Criminal Court" and the Franco/German dominance of the EU leadership the UN has outlived its usefulness.

[a_Turk]

>> necklacing

I don't get it then..

Has he comitted any crimes since his release?

[Wyatt's Torch]

I read here the other day that there have been 26 episodes of "military action" taken since the 1950's. Of those, only 3 had prior UN Security Council approval: The Korean War errr Conflict, the Gulf War, and the war in Afghanistan. Obviously, all three brought to the UN by the US. Since we are the only ones "playing by the rules", seems as if the UN has never been of any importance to anyone except for us. Time to bury this horrible monster once and for all.