Posted on 02/18/2003 3:11:15 PM PST by NormsRevenge
PARIS -- He is everything France likes about itself: cultured, literary, eloquent and more than a little dashing. As the government's point man in efforts to slow Washington's drive for war against Iraq, Dominique de Villepin has used his charm to full effect.
At the U.N. Security Council, the French foreign minister has faced down Secretary of State Colin Powell in pressing for more U.N. weapons inspections. In a rare move, U.N. delegates broke protocol to applaud de Villepin after his impassioned appeal last week that war should be a last resort.
De Villepin, 49, has long had a way with words. His published writings include a 634-page biography of Napoleon. He's tan and silver-haired, prompting a British commentator in The Observer to quip: "If there can be such a thing as a diplomatic pinup, then it is Dominique de Villepin."
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he's "flamboyant and romantic," said Philippe Moreau Defarges of the French Institute for International Relations.
Geez! That entire country is like one giant bath house.
But de Villepin also has a temper, critics say. L'Express news magazine reported that in private, de Villepin sometimes lashes out with put-downs of his subordinates.
He sounds like Liza with a smaller penis.
Is it like a dumb blonde?
They misspelled "pimp."
I wonder if the quip was supposed to be a compliment or a put down.
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