France's Chirac, Bush Speak by Telephone

The Washington Post ^ | 4/15/03 | Associated Press

[freedombrigade]

PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac and President Bush spoke by telephone for the first time in more than two months Tuesday, in a possible sign of warming ties after their bitter dispute over war in Iraq.

[hobbes1]

I guess President Bush would refer to this as a French Tickler...

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[colorado tanker]

ROTFLOL! Good thing I finished by coffee before reading that post.

[mass55th]

c'est la vie Charlemagne

Eleven thousand soldiers
lay beneath the dirt and stone,
all buried on a distant land
so far away from home.

For just a strip of dismal beach
they paid a hero's price,
to save a foreign nation
they all made the sacrifice.

And now the shores of Normandy
are lined with blocks of white
Americans who didn't turn
from someone else's plight.

Eleven thousand reasons
for the French to take our side,
but in the moment of our need,
they chose to run and hide.

Chirac said every war means loss,
perhaps for France that's true,
for they've lost every battle
since the days of Waterloo.

Without a soldier worth a damn
to be found in the region,
the French became the only land
to need a Foreign Legion.

You French all say we're arrogant.
Well hell, we've earned the right--
We saved your sorry nation
when you lacked the guts to fight.

But now you've made a big mistake,
and one that you'll regret;
you took sides with our enemies,
and that we won't forget.

It wasn't just our citizens
you spit on when you turned,
but every one of ours who fell
the day the towers burned.

You spit upon our soldiers,
on our pilots and Marines,
and now you'll get a little sense
of just what payback means.

So keep your Paris fashions
and your wine and your champagne,
and find some other market
that will buy your aeroplanes.
And try to find somebody else
to wear your French cologne,
for you're about to find out
what it means to stand alone.

You see, you need us far more
than we ever needed you.
America has better friends
who know how to be true.

I'd rather stand with warriors
who have the will and might,
than huddle in the dark with those
whose only flag is white.

I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,
the Israelis and the rest,
for when it comes to valor
we have seen that they're the best.

We'll count on one another
as we face a moment dire,
while you sit on the sideline
with a sign "friendship for hire."

We'll win this war without you
and we'll total up the cost,
and take it from your foreign aid,
and then you'll feel the loss.

And when your nation starts to fall,
well Frenchie, you can spare us,
just call the Germans for a hand,
they know the way to Paris.

[Grampa Dave]

What was said on the phone call.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Maybe some sort of goofy French Easter greeting.

[Jan Kees]

Let's hope Dubya gave Chirac the Python-esque:

I fart in your general direction! (WAV sound clip here)

[Carry_Okie]

c'est la vie Charlemagne

Should be C'est la gurrre

[Republic]

Oh...................OUCH!

Heh Heh.

[NautiNurse]

Jacque lost his playmate Saddam. He's looking for someone else to share the sandbox. Fortunately, we have an adult in charge here.

[Redcloak]

"Allo, zees ees Jacques Chirac calling from France. Ah would laak to speek to zee Prezeedent Boosh, s'il vous plaît."

"May I ask who's calling?"

"Zees is Prezeedent Jacques Chirac of France."

"Please hold..."

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.
.

"May I ask who's calling?"

"Ah alreadee told you. Jacques Chirac."

"And where are you calling from Mr. Shirk?"

"Eet ees 'Chirac' and ah am calling from France."

"Please hold..."

"WAIT!... Great, she put me on hold again..."

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.
.

"Mr. Shirk, what is this in regard to?"

"Mah name ees 'Chirac' and zees ees about Iraq."

"A Mr. Irac? Is this a relative of yours? Perhaps you should call INS instead of the White House. They may be in a better position to answer your immigration questions."

"No, no, no... Iraq. Ah am calling about Iraq."

"Oh... Iraq."

"Yes, Iraq."

"Please hold..."

"WAIT!!"

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.
.

"Please remain on the line. Your call is very important to us."

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.
.


"Mr. Irac? The-

"CHIRAC!"

"Mr. Chirac, the President is very busy right now. Would you like to hold?"

"Ah have been holding for an hour!"

"I'm sorry, but you'll have to understand; we're rather busy here at the moment."

"What could be more important than another head of state calling?!?"

"We're sort of in the middle of a little war at the moment..."

"Zat ees what ah'm calling about."

"If you would just hold for a few more minutes..."

"Just a few minutes?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, the war's almost over."

"WHAT?!? How can zees be??"

"I'm just a secretary, sir. I don't really understand these things. But the President did say something about it going much quicker 'without the accordion player', whatever that means."

"Oh... Ah'll hold."

[RobbyS]

Can't say much for the poetry but the truth speaks loud enough.

[Grampa Dave]

Absolutely great!

[TLBSHOW]

France's Chirac, Bush Speak by Telephone


PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac and President Bush (news - web sites) spoke by telephone for the first time in more than two months Tuesday, in a possible sign of warming ties after their bitter dispute over war in Iraq (news - web sites).


Chirac, apparently signaling a desire to repair frayed France-U.S. relations, told Bush during the telephone call that France is prepared to adopt a "pragmatic approach" to the postwar situation in Iraq.


No other details about the phone call, which was reported by Chirac's office, were immediately available. It was the first phone call between Chirac and Bush since Feb. 7, his office said.


France led European opposition to the war in Iraq and has been pushing for the United Nations (news - web sites) to have a central role in postwar reconstruction.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030415/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_france_us_2

[ConservativeMan55]

Bump for later reading.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030415-91009640.htm

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for this link. Rush just read this article, and I didn't know who wrote it.

You should post this as a separate thread.

[AIBC]

Good job! Nice poem.

[ConservativeMan55]

Done!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893795/posts