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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..

pull our graves out now!!!!!!!!!!!

The French and the Turks go back - way back when Turk Muslims got a free pass from the French in destroying Christian culture in the South Eastern Europe and dispatching more millions to death.

I think it will come down to France promising to pay suicide bombers to attack the US. We have had enemies in the past, and France is an ENEMY of the US! It is all about OIL.

I think this has been the story from day one. That Cheese Surrender Monkey needs to have his attitude readjusted.

I repeat: Chirac may be receiving Iraqi millions into a secret bank account.

His behavior is very strange, helping a psychopath to triumph.

The French are bastards. Maybe we need to defeat them and take them hostage.

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.

Not really news.

The signs of French diplomatic tutelage have been apparent in Ankara for weeks now.

France just needs to be nuked

We should fly our bombers over France with 5 minutes notice.

Lord, God,

We have sufficient enemies. Please protect us from our friends!

Lord, this leader has been duplicitous enough. He has been destructive enough to good and righteousness as well as to the better interests of the USA.

Father, Lord, PLEASE,

1) give him a dramatic conversion and 180 degree turn around a la the Apostle Paul with wholescale repentance, confession and overtly turning from his prior stances

or

2) Take him totally out of public life in an emphatic and unchangeable way.

or

3) Take him swiftly and dramatically to the eternal abode he has clearly chosen for himself

or

4) something of your creative engineering that would even more emphatically and dramatically and for good take him out of the way and out of public life.

In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Enough is enough, Lord.

France Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Against Iraq Xinhua News Agency August 1, 2000

French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said on Tuesday that the economic sanctions against Iraq imposed 10 years ago should be lifted and the U.S.-British should stop bombing the country.

In an interview with the Arabic daily Al-Hayat published in London, Vedrine said that the continuation of the bombings against Iraq is "useless and not understandable," and that the sanctions against Iraq have become "cruel, inefficient and dangerous."

"Cruel because they punish exclusively the Iraqi population and the weakest of them. Inefficient because they don't touch the regime which is not pushed to cooperate. Dangerous because they nourish the resentment of "the embargo generation," this generation of the young people who only know war and hardship," he said.

These sanctions also risk to destroy the social cohesion of Iraq and in the mid-term threaten the stability of the region, he said.

"The necessary regional security should be ensured by other means than embargo," said the foreign minister. He said that France is counting on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 to have U.N. arms control re-established and sanctions lifted. The resolution was adopted in December 1999 to renew the cooperation between the U.N. and Iraq over arms inspection while promising to suspend the sanctions in case Iraq cooperates.

None of this should surprise us. The French, Russians, and Germans have been trying for years to lift the sanctions and welcome back Saddam to the world community. Why we expected them to change their behaviour is a mystery to me. Bringing the matter to the UN was a colossal diplomatic miscalculation.

The more I read the more it looks as if Saddam has written an "Open after I'm dead" letter spilling the dirt on Chirac.
He seems 'way too desperate.

If Chirac is this desperate, it is almost surprising that he doesn't send troops to defend Iraq, and dare us to kill Frenchmen.

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Can someone explain to me why France even has a permanent seat on the security council? They certainly can't justiify it by their population or by their economic clout.

Countries of the World (Population)

Country	Population 2001	Ranking
China	1,273,111,290	1
India	1,029,991,145	2
United States	278,058,881	3
Indonesia	228,437,870	4
Brazil	174,468,575	5
Russia	145,470,197	6
Pakistan	144,616,639	7
Bangladesh	131,269,860	8
Japan	126,771,662	9
Nigeria	126,635,626	10
Mexico	101,879,171	11
Germany	83,029,536	12
Philippines	82,841,518	13
Vietnam	79,939,014	14
Egypt	69,536,644	15
Turkey	66,493,970	16
Iran	66,128,965	17
Ethiopia	65,891,874	18
Thailand	61,797,751	19
United Kingdom	59,647,790	20
France	59,551,227	21
Italy	57,679,825	22
Congo Democratic Republic	53,624,718	23
Ukraine	48,760,474	24
Korea South	47,904,370	25
South Africa	43,586,097	26
Burma	41,994,678	27
Colombia	40,349,388	28
Spain	40,037,995	29
Poland	38,633,912	30
Argentina	37,384,816	31
Tanzania	36,232,074	32
Sudan	36,080,373	33
Algeria	31,736,053	34
Canada	31,592,805	35
Kenya	30,765,916	36
Morocco	30,645,305	37
Peru	27,483,864	38
Afghanistan	26,813,057	39
Nepal	25,284,463	40
Uzbekistan	25,155,064	41
Uganda	23,985,712	42
Venezuela	23,916,810	43
Iraq	23,331,985	44
Saudi Arabia	22,757,092	45
Taiwan	22,370,461	46
Romania	22,364,022	47
Malaysia	22,229,040	48
Korea North	21,968,228	49
Ghana	19,894,014	50
Sri Lanka	19,408,635	51
Mozambique	19,371,057	52
Australia	19,357,594	53
Yemen	18,078,035	54
Kazakhstan	16,731,303	55
Syria	16,728,808	56
Cote d'Ivoire	16,393,221	57
Madagascar	15,982,563	58
Netherlands	15,981,472	59
Cameroon	15,803,220	60
Chile	15,328,467	61
Ecuador	13,183,978	62
Guatemala	12,974,361	63
Cambodia	12,491,501	64
Burkina Faso	12,272,289	65
Zimbabwe	11,365,366	66
Cuba	11,184,023	67
Mali	11,008,518	68
Yugoslavia	10,677,290	69
Greece	10,623,835	70
Malawi	10,548,250	71
Angola	10,366,031	72
Niger	10,355,156	73
Belarus	10,350,194	74
Senegal	10,284,929	75
Czech Republic	10,264,212	76
Belgium	10,258,762	77
Hungary	10,106,017	78
Portugal	10,066,253	79
Zambia	9,770,199	80
Tunisia	9,705,102	81
Sweden	8,875,053	82
Chad	8,707,078	83
Dominican Republic	8,581,477	84
Bolivia	8,300,463	85
Austria	8,150,835	86
Azerbaijan	7,771,092	87
Bulgaria	7,707,495	88
Guinea	7,613,870	89
Somalia	7,488,773	90
Rwanda	7,312,756	91
Switzerland	7,283,274	92
Hong Kong	7,210,505	93
Haiti	6,964,549	94
Benin	6,590,782	95
Tajikistan	6,578,681	96
Honduras	6,406,052	97
El Salvador	6,237,662	98
Burundi	6,223,897	99
Israel	5,938,093	100
Paraguay	5,734,139	101
Laos	5,635,967	102
Sierra Leone	5,426,618	103
Slovakia	5,414,937	104
Denmark	5,352,815	105
Libya	5,240,599	106
Finland	5,175,783	107
Jordan	5,153,378	108
Togo	5,153,088	109
Papua New Guinea	5,049,055	110
Georgia	4,989,285	111
Nicaragua	4,918,393	112
Kyrgyzstan	4,753,003	113
Turkmenistan	4,603,244	114
Norway	4,503,440	115
Moldova	4,431,570	116
Croatia	4,334,142	117
Singapore	4,300,419	118
Eritrea	4,298,269	119
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,922,205	120
New Zealand	3,864,129	121
Ireland	3,840,838	122
Costa Rica	3,773,057	123
Lebanon	3,627,774	124
Lithuania	3,610,535	125
Central African Republic	3,576,884	126
Albania	3,510,484	127
Uruguay	3,360,105	128
Armenia	3,336,100	129
Liberia	3,225,837	130
Congo Republic of the Congo	2,894,336	131
Panama	2,845,647	132
Mauritania	2,747,312	133
Jamaica	2,665,636	134
Mongolia	2,654,999	135
Oman	2,622,198	136
United Arab Emirates	2,407,460	137
Latvia	2,385,231	138
Lesotho	2,177,062	139
Bhutan	2,049,412	140
Macedonia	2,046,209	141
Kuwait	2,041,961	142
Slovenia	1,930,132	143
Namibia	1,797,677	144
Botswana	1,586,119	145
Estonia	1,423,316	146
Gambia The	1,411,205	147
Guinea-Bissau	1,315,822	148
Gabon	1,221,175	149
Mauritius	1,189,825	150
Trinidad and Tobago	1,169,682	151
Swaziland	1,104,343	152
Fiji	844,330	153
Qatar	769,152	154
Cyprus	762,887	155
Guyana	697,181	156
Bahrain	645,361	157
Comoros	596,202	158
Equatorial Guinea	486,060	159
Solomon Islands	480,442	160
Djibouti	460,700	161
Macau	453,733	162
Luxembourg	442,972	163
Suriname	433,998	164
Martinique	418,454	165
Cape Verde	405,163	166
Malta	394,583	167
Brunei	343,653	168
Maldives	310,764	169
Bahamas The	297,852	170
Iceland	277,906	171
Barbados	275,330	172
Belize	256,062	173
Vanuatu	192,910	174
Samoa	179,058	175
Sao Tome and Principe	165,034	176
Saint Lucia	158,178	177
Micronesia Federated	134,597	178
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	115,942	179
Tonga	104,227	180
Kiribati	94,149	181
Grenada	89,227	182
Seychelles	79,715	183
Marshall Islands	70,822	184
Dominica	70,786	185
Andorra	67,627	186
Antigua and Barbuda	66,970	187
Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,756	188
Liechtenstein	32,528	189
Monaco	31,842	190
San Marino	27,336	191
Palau	19,092	192
Nauru	12,088	193
Tuvalu	10,991	194
Holy See (Vatican City)	890	195

GDP per capita** (July 1, 2001)

Country	GDP per capita	Ranking
Luxembourg	$36,400	1
United States	$36,200	2
Bermuda	$33,000	3
San Marino	$32,000	4
Switzerland	$28,600	5
Aruba	$28,000	6
Norway	$27,700	7
Monaco	$27,000	8
Singapore	$26,500	9
Denmark	$25,500	10
Hong Kong	$25,400	11
Belgium	$25,300	12
Austria	$25,000	13
Japan	$24,900	14
Canada	$24,800	15
Iceland	$24,800	16
Jersey	$24,800	17
Cayman Islands	$24,500	18
France	$24,400	19
Netherlands	$24,400	20
Germany	$23,400	21
Australia	$23,200	22
Liechtenstein	$23,000	23
Finland	$22,900	24
United Arab Emirates	$22,800	25
United Kingdom	$22,800	26
Sweden	$22,200	27
Italy	$22,100	28
Ireland	$21,600	29
Guam	$21,000	30
Qatar	$20,300	31
Faroe Islands	$20,000	32
Greenland	$20,000	33
Guernsey	$20,000	34
Falkland Islands	$19,000	35
Israel	$18,900	36
Man Isle of	$18,800	37
Andorra	$18,000	38
Spain	$18,000	39
New Zealand	$17,700	40
Brunei	$17,600	41
Gibraltar	$17,500	42
Macau	$17,500	43
Taiwan	$17,400	44
Greece	$17,200	45
Korea South	$16,100	46
Cyprus - Greek Cypriot Area	$16,000	47
British Virgin Islands	$16,000	48
Bahrain	$15,900	49
Portugal	$15,800	50
Bahamas The	$15,000	51
Kuwait	$15,000	52
New Caledonia	$15,000	53
Virgin Islands	$15,000	54
Barbados	$14,500	55
Malta	$14,300	56
Argentina	$12,900	57
Czech Republic	$12,900	58
Northern Mariana Islands	$12,500	59
Slovenia	$12,000	60
Netherlands Antilles	$11,400	61
Hungary	$11,200	62
Martinique	$11,000	63
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	$11,000	64
French Polynesia	$10,800	65
Saudi Arabia	$10,500	66
Mauritius	$10,400	67
Malaysia	$10,300	68
Slovakia	$10,200	69
Chile	$10,100	70
Estonia	$10,000	71
Puerto Rico	$10,000	72
Trinidad and Tobago	$9,500	73
Uruguay	$9,300	74
Mexico	$9,100	75
Guadeloupe	$9,000	76
Libya	$8,900	77
Poland	$8,500	78
South Africa	$8,500	79
Anguilla	$8,200	80
Antigua and Barbuda	$8,200	81
American Samoa	$8,000	82
Oman	$7,700	83
Russia	$7,700	84
Seychelles	$7,700	85
Belarus	$7,500	86
Fiji	$7,300	87
Lithuania	$7,300	88
Turks and Caicos Islands	$7,300	89
Latvia	$7,200	90
World Average	$7,200	91
Palau	$7,100	92
Saint Kitts and Nevis	$7,000	93
Turkey	$6,800	94
Costa Rica	$6,700	95
Thailand	$6,700	96
Botswana	$6,600	97
Brazil	$6,500	98
Tunisia	$6,500	99
Gabon	$6,300	100
Iran	$6,300	101
Bulgaria	$6,200	102
Colombia	$6,200	103
Venezuela	$6,200	104
French Guiana	$6,000	105
Panama	$6,000	106
Romania	$5,900	107
Croatia	$5,800	108
Dominican Republic	$5,700	109
Algeria	$5,500	110
Cyprus - Turkish Cypriot Area	$5,300	111
Cook Islands	$5,000	112
Kazakhstan	$5,000	113
Lebanon	$5,000	114
Montserrat	$5,000	115
Nauru	$5,000	116
Guyana	$4,800	117
Paraguay	$4,750	118
Georgia	$4,600	119
Peru	$4,550	120
Saint Lucia	$4,500	121
Grenada	$4,400	122
Macedonia The Former Yugoslav	$4,400	123
Namibia	$4,300	124
Turkmenistan	$4,300	125
Dominica	$4,000	126
El Salvador	$4,000	127
Swaziland	$4,000	128
Ukraine	$3,850	129
Philippines	$3,800	130
Guatemala	$3,700	131
Jamaica	$3,700	132
China	$3,600	133
Egypt	$3,600	134
Jordan	$3,500	135
Morocco	$3,500	136
Suriname	$3,400	137
Sri Lanka	$3,250	138
Belize	$3,200	139
Samoa	$3,200	140
Syria	$3,100	141
Albania	$3,000	142
Armenia	$3,000	143
Azerbaijan	$3,000	144
Ecuador	$2,900	145
Indonesia	$2,900	146
Niue	$2,800	147
Saint Vincent and the Grenadin	$2,800	148
Honduras	$2,700	149
Kyrgyzstan	$2,700	150
Nicaragua	$2,700	151
Bolivia	$2,600	152
Iraq	$2,500	153
Moldova	$2,500	154
Papua New Guinea	$2,500	155
Saint Helena	$2,500	156
Zimbabwe	$2,500	157
Lesotho	$2,400	158
Uzbekistan	$2,400	159
Yugoslavia	$2,300	160
India	$2,200	161
Tonga	$2,200	162
Equatorial Guinea	$2,000	163
Maldives	$2,000	164
Mauritania	$2,000	165
Micronesia Federated States of	$2,000	166
Pakistan	$2,000	167
Solomon Islands	$2,000	168
Wallis and Futuna	$2,000	169
Vietnam	$1,950	170
Ghana	$1,900	171
Haiti	$1,800	172
Mongolia	$1,780	173
Bosnia and Herzegovina	$1,700	174
Cameroon	$1,700	175
Cape Verde	$1,700	176
Central African Republic	$1,700	177
Cuba	$1,700	178
Laos	$1,700	179
Marshall Islands	$1,670	180
Cote d'Ivoire	$1,600	181
Senegal	$1,600	182
Bangladesh	$1,570	183
Burma	$1,500	184
Kenya	$1,500	185
Togo	$1,500	186
West Bank	$1,500	187
Nepal	$1,360	188
Cambodia	$1,300	189
Djibouti	$1,300	190
Guinea	$1,300	191
Vanuatu	$1,300	192
Tajikistan	$1,140	193
Bhutan	$1,100	194
Congo Republic of the	$1,100	195
Gambia The	$1,100	196
Liberia	$1,100	197
Sao Tome and Principe	$1,100	198
Tuvalu	$1,100	199
Uganda	$1,100	200
Benin	$1,030	201
Angola	$1,000	202
Burkina Faso	$1,000	203
Chad	$1,000	204
Gaza Strip	$1,000	205
Korea North	$1,000	206
Mozambique	$1,000	207
Niger	$1,000	208
Sudan	$1,000	209
Tokelau	$1,000	210
Nigeria	$950	211
Malawi	$900	212
Rwanda	$900	213
Zambia	$880	214
Guinea-Bissau	$850	215
Kiribati	$850	216
Mali	$850	217
Yemen	$820	218
Afghanistan	$800	219
Madagascar	$800	220
Burundi	$720	221
Comoros	$720	222
Eritrea	$710	223
Tanzania	$710	224
Congo Democratic Republic of t	$600	225
Ethiopia	$600	226
Mayotte	$600	227
Somalia	$600	228
Sierra Leone	$510	229

** GDP dollar estimates for all countries are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations rather than from conversions at official currency exchange rates. The PPP method involves the use of standardized international dollar price weights, which are applied to the quantities of final goods and services produced in a given economy. The data derived from the PPP method provide the best available starting point for comparisons of economic strength and well-being between countries. The division of a GDP estimate in domestic currency by the corresponding PPP estimate in dollars gives the PPP conversion rate. Whereas PPP estimates for OECD countries are quite reliable, PPP estimates for developing countries are often rough approximations. Most of the GDP estimates are based on extrapolation of PPP numbers published by the UN International Comparison Program (UNICP) and by Professors Robert Summers and Alan Heston of the University of Pennsylvania and their colleagues. In contrast, the currency exchange rate method involves a variety of international and domestic financial forces that often have little relation to domestic output. In developing countries with weak currencies the exchange rate estimate of GDP in dollars is typically one-fourth to one-half the PPP estimate. Furthermore, exchange rates may suddenly go up or down by 10% or more because of market forces or official fiat whereas real output has remained unchanged. On 12 January 1994, for example, the 14 countries of the African Financial Community (whose currencies are tied to the French franc) devalued their currencies by 50%. This move, of course, did not cut the real output of these countries by half. One important caution: the proportion of, say, defense expenditures as a percentage of GDP in local currency accounts may differ substantially from the proportion when GDP accounts are expressed in PPP terms, as, for example, when an observer tries to estimate the dollar level of Russian or Japanese military expenditures. Note: the numbers for GDP and other economic data can not be chained together from successive volumes of the Factbook because of changes in the US dollar measuring rod, revisions of data by statistical agencies, use of new or different sources of information, and changes in national statistical methods and practices.

Source of Information: CIA - The World Factbook 2001

Actually, I believe Blair has had a rather "sharp" telephone call with Chirac. Evidently, it has brought about some change - Chirac is now backing down slightly in his demands. We'll see.

French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, left, and Saddam Hussein of Iraq seen prior to a state dinner in Baghdad, in this December 1974 file photo. (AP Photo/file)

Thu Mar 13,12:52 PM ET

French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, left, and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) of Iraq (news - web sites) seen prior to a state dinner in Baghdad, in this December 1974 file photo. (AP Photo/file)

It's one thing to oppose a position, it's another thing entirely to actively participate in undermining a nation that shed it's blood for you. Go to Hell france!!!! ... (small "f")

Fred Barnes while on the panel tonight on Special Report

Oh, Dog, I'm so glad you saw the program tonight. Did you see the very first question posed by Tony to the panel? He asked if this Azores meeting isn't in fact a "war council" and Fred Barnes was first to say "of course". The panel agreed.

Unfortunately for me I received a phone call and missed this particular revelation about France lobbying Turkey. Stunning and sickening and I thank you for alerting us.