Posted on 11/23/2019 8:54:58 AM PST by Mariner
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France’s defense minister criticized the U.S. on Saturday over what she described as “unanswered” attacks in recent months threatening the Persian Gulf, warning that the decades-long American deterrence in the oil-rich region appeared to be losing its power.
Florence Parly separately said France “deplored” both U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral withdrawal of America from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that led to the re-imposition of crushing sanctions, as well as Tehran recently breaking the deal’s enrichment, stockpile and centrifuge limits.
While saying France would continue to talk to Iran, her speech before the annual Manama Dialogue in Bahrain struck a muscular tone for Paris, which maintains a naval base in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. She said France would push for a European-organized maritime security force in the region that would cooperate with but be separate from an American-organized force.
“We’ve seen deliberate, gradual U.S. disengagement,” she said at the summit organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “It had been in the cards for a while but it became clear when fighter jets remained on the tarmac in 2013 after the Syrian chemical attacks or later, after the downing of a U.S. UAV and the bombing Saudi oil facilities.”
“With the cornerstone moving, the edifice has started shaking,” she said.
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Thanks for translating, I never could understand French.
LOL — Reads like a Babylon Bee parody.
Feel free to step up anytime, France.
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Maybe the ‘crippling sanctions ‘ are our response....let pajama boy Macron protect French interests...oh never mind...
France harbored the Ayatollah Khomeini for 15 years.
“Thanks for translating, I never could understand French.”
LOL!
I remember.
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Since France is so concerned, they’re more than welcome to answer.
Is that the one that 1.) had a propeller fall off, 2.) couldn't complete its sea trials because of noisy [clothes] washing machines?
I am proud of the Freepers. Who have all come up with the appropriate responses.
Florence Parly separately said France “deplored” both U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral withdrawal of America from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal...
IOW, she's an idiot, which figures, because she's part of the French EU-occupation regime.
The one on the left looks like a dude.
“ She said France would push for a European-organized maritime security force in the region that would cooperate with but be separate from an American-organized force.”
Sounds OK to me. Since they get their oil there, they should probably be more concerned about that region than us.
And pay your NATO share, too.
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I think Moe might be a tigress... Look closer...
That assumes that France has finally learned how to keep a war ship afloat in 5-knot winds and/or 1-foot wave heights...
There's also the problem of manufacturing enough white flags so that each ship has a sufficient supply...
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