[Dog]

I don't post vanities ......but people need to know to what lengths the French will go to stop us. This will cost of American lives if this continues..

[MadIvan]

It may get worse - I was looking through Agence France Presse for further information:

French defense minister to travel to the Gulf

ATHENS (AFP) French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said she would travel to the Gulf region on Saturday and Sunday to hand over a message from President Jacques Chirac to three regional leaders.

Alliot-Marie is to go to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

Regards, Ivan

[MattGarrett]

If I was the French ambassador to Iraq, I'd move out of the embassy. Let's all remember what happened when France denied us rights to cross their airspace when we bombed Libya ...

Anyone know the French word for ... INCOMING?!

[VRWC_minion]

We have surrounded the less dangerous country. Time to put Iraq on hold and tend to more urgent business.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I'm with a few others here -- France is not acting as a neutral. They are acting as a hostile combatant. Would be a damn good idea to put that B.S. aircraft carrier of theirs on the bottom of the ocean as a message. It'd do more good down there anyway as a fish habitat.

[colorado tanker]

Chirac has lost his senses. France opposes EU membership for Turkey and opposed Turkey's request for NATO defensive assistance last month. Even if he offered to reverse policy, why would Turkey believe him, since he lied to the US and UK about supporting the language of 1441? Turkey may or may not give us what we want, but France will have no influence, except perhaps to push them into our arms.

[The Wizard]

if this is true, the turks have choosen poorly because the French won't be able to help anyone when we get done

[areafiftyone]

[merak]

This guy (Chiraq) REALLY has something to hide. We all need to insist to our congresspeople that whatever it is be fully exposed after this thing is over.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Listen up Chiraq. You and your fellow cheese eating surrender monkeys have obviously forgotten about what happened to the French embassy in Tripoli and the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Haven't you, boy!

[Becki]

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.

Turk, can you tell us what impact this had?

Thanks!

Becki

[PhilDragoo]

CHIRAC, SCHROEDER SEEK TURKISH COOPERATION

[clintonh8r]

LePen would have been preferable....

[estjohn]

We'll see who is talking when they lose all their oil contracts and get boycotted.

[mhking]

Of course he is - the wuss...

[TexasGunLover]

Chirac is urging the Turks not to allow us bases and overflight rights

Look, as if Chirac hadn't already stepped over the line. As far as I can see this is an act of war. If I were Bush I would suspend diplomatic relations with France ASAP.

[whadizit]

"This will cost American lives if this continues"

Isn't that their point? French gov't is now an enemy of Americans.

[Mat_Helm]

Fuque the French!

[Sparky760]

Here is a novel idea. Let's start sending boxes of white flags to France, maybe they will get the hint.

[xm177e2]

If the Turks value their friendship with Chiraq more than with America... well, they can make their choices and take their chances.

There are a lot of Turks in Germany, and I noticed the Turkish soldiers carry German G3 assault rifles. If the Turks are trying to get on Germany's good side, they should recognize that the CDU is coming back into power; if they really want to do what's in their national interest, they should try to improve relations with the pro-America Christian Democrats.

[DB]

The Turks are free to choose. There will be consequences for their choice, especially if we lose toops due to their actions.