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Chirac lobbies the Turks to deny US bases and overflight rights
Fred Barnes on Fox News | Me

Posted on 03/14/2003 3:51:45 PM PST by Dog

Fred Barnes while on the panel tonight on Special Report just stated Chirac is urging the Turks not to allow us bases and overflight rights.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; france; germany; iraq; jacqueschirac; jacquesiraques; nato; russia; waronterror; weasels
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To: CurlyBill
"....to actively participate in undermining a nation that shed it's blood for you."

We did not "shed our blood for France" in the the same way we are not about to " shed our blood for the people of Iraq"
The French people know this the same way in that the Iraqi people will know this
We will be cheered as "liberators" but they will know that we did it for our own reasons. GW will do what he needs to do for the security of the USA.

221 posted on 03/14/2003 9:19:49 PM PST by RS
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To: Happy2BMe

Chirac: Saddam, please, sit here beside me.
Hussein: No, Jacques, you come sit beside me.

222 posted on 03/14/2003 9:21:38 PM PST by algol (Maybe I should add a barf alert?)
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To: Guillermo
Has it been made official that France is an Enemy of the United States?

Maybe another D-Day is in the offing, or should be.

223 posted on 03/14/2003 9:25:07 PM PST by Mark17
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To: Mark17

225 posted on 03/14/2003 10:12:09 PM PST by AntiDemocrat
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To: Dog
It's CHINA!!!!!!!!!!!!
226 posted on 03/14/2003 10:27:28 PM PST by lawdog
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To: xm177e2
If Turkey told US to pound salt, they're sure as heck not going to be pressured by sodden hampsters in FRANCE. It's looking to me like Turkey just wants to get through this with its borders and independence intact. Can't really blame 'em -- we'd probably do the same thing in their shoes.

Agree with other folks here who noted that France is now part of the Axis.
227 posted on 03/14/2003 10:32:51 PM PST by ellery
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To: ellery
American shoppers and tourists are going to take care of France and Germany.
228 posted on 03/14/2003 10:51:09 PM PST by bybybill (first the public employees, next the fish and, finally, the children)
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To: xm177e2
"Christian Democrats"

are these the Christians for abortion of the Democrats for Prayer in schools ?

229 posted on 03/14/2003 10:53:48 PM PST by RS
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To: Happy2BMe
"Hey, Jack! Say what? No shit! No! You can never learn how to be a cowboy! You either have it or you don't!"
230 posted on 03/14/2003 10:57:07 PM PST by whadizit (A)
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To: bybybill
I hope so.
231 posted on 03/14/2003 11:07:04 PM PST by ellery
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To: Dog
hehe Chirac is screwed. He's backed France into a corner where they will simply have to respond to our invasion of Iraq with something like an embargo. Lovely.
232 posted on 03/14/2003 11:09:16 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: RS
The "Christian Democratic Union" is the CDU, the conservative party in Germany. I wasn't referring to American Democrats.
233 posted on 03/14/2003 11:09:34 PM PST by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: a_Turk
Many folks around here haven't the knowledge necessary to make any other decision beyond an immediate reaction based on a momentary impression.
234 posted on 03/14/2003 11:16:17 PM PST by Mortimer Snavely (Is anyone else tired of reading these tag lines?)
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To: RS
We did not "shed our blood for France" in the the same way we are not about to " shed our blood for the people of Iraq"

I disagree. The goal was to get the Germans out of France to stop Nazi expansion throughout Europe. Liberation, regardelss of the motive, was the goal. Yes, we did it for ourselves only as a matter of preemption ... but the fact is that they were liberated because we wanted the French, not the Nazis, in control of France. Liberation was the goal, the defeat of the German Army was the means. Regardless, I would hope that you and I would certainly agree that the actions of the French in this matter has been outrageous.

235 posted on 03/15/2003 6:19:16 AM PST by CurlyBill
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To: CurlyBill
"The goal was to get the Germans out of France to stop Nazi expansion throughout Europe. Liberation, regardelss of the motive, was the goal. "

The first goal you mention is correct, your second "goal" was simply a byproduct or stepping stone on the way.
If there had been a militarily advantageous method of attacking Germany directly, bypassing the "liberation" of France, we would have certainly gone that route.
Further, I am sure that given the choice, the French people would have prefered we had gone another way. Why have two foreign armies destroying your towns and villages if there is a second solution ?

236 posted on 03/15/2003 9:08:07 AM PST by RS
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To: Straight Vermonter

BTW, it is not a 2001 anymore. Update your info.


237 posted on 08/03/2013 8:28:42 AM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: cunning_fish

You are on a ten year old thread, dumbass.


238 posted on 08/03/2013 10:44:21 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter

>>>dumbass.<<<

Take it easy. I ‘ve no idea how I got here:-)


239 posted on 08/03/2013 11:04:31 AM PDT by cunning_fish
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