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Get a grip! No one is hoping that France gets bombed...no one. BUT we are mad as hell that your precious wussy leaders didn't help us and actually sided with the mass murderer, Saddam, against us!!

IF the shoe were on the other foot, and you were bombed and we not only DIDN'T help, but we sided and made deals with the bombers, just how would you be feeling about us????

Can't you understand that our nerves are raw....we are in a fight for CIVILIZATION and your leaders worked AGAINST us and sided with the BARBARIANS!!

You need to start writing your newspapers and officials to make them see the light!

We areNOT your enemy, but you are not our friends either.

Trust me, I get a grip, AnnArchy...That's why you won't read me saying "Oh well, they asked for it", and "Oh, I can't help but feel good at the thought of bombs going off in the USA/Spain/France, I hope they go off real soon", or "Oh, they're a nation of wussies/nobodies/imperialists anyway, so who cares ?". If some think terrorism abroad makes for good TV and funny jokes, so be it, but don't ask for my comprehension.

Believe me, I deeply understand how raw your nerves are, because mine are too. I despise terrorists. I loathe what they do and the way they hide their cowardice behind religious or patriotic colors. I hate the fact they feel they can strike in Washington, Madrid, Paris, Tel Aviv or New York. I hate the fact they think they've got any right to decide how we should live in our own land. Right here on FR I read a thread about how Palestinian terrorists tries to turn a 6-year kid into a living bomb, and it made my blood boil.

See, I'm rather basic. I can understand when people say : WE are not your friends, but we are not your friends either. The problem is when the same people add : oh, and by the way, either YOU are with us 100% or YOU are 100% our enemy. I like people to play by the same rules.

Trust me, AnnArchy, if wussy European government leaders really sided with your enemies, you would know it. We could just withdraw our troops in Afghanistan. We don't. We could tell our intelligence agencies to stonewall any inquiry from the US. We don't. We could play an UN resolution condemning the US presence in the Middle-East. We don't.

Oh, we certainly don't do as much as we should. And we certainly aren't taking the road I would have chosen, and I hold my government responsible for that. Just for the record, I would have wanted full cooperation in the UN Security Council, and 10,000 troops going into Iraq. Right now I still want 10,000 French troops into Iraq, so the pacifying and rebuilding job can be done quicker and safer for everyone.