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French Official: War Made World Dangerous (We have no choice but to Surrender now!)
Associated Press
| Friday, March 19, 2004
Posted on 03/19/2004 7:24:54 AM PST by JohnHuang2
PARIS (AP) - The world is a more dangerous place because of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, which may have toppled Saddam Hussein but also unleashed postwar violence and an upswing in terrorism, the French foreign minister said.
``This is a belief that I have never stopped expressing,'' Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin told Le Monde newspaper in an interview in its Friday edition.
``We have to look reality in the face: we have entered into a more dangerous and unstable world, which requires the mobilization of the entire international community,'' de Villepin said.
Assertions by the administration of President Bush that ousting Saddam would make the world a safer place proved not to be true, de Villepin said.
``Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before,'' de Villepin said. ``Today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism.''
De Villepin called again on the United States to respect a June 30 deadline for the Americans to hand over power to the Iraqis.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: devillepin; france; handwringers
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To: JohnHuang2; Atlantic Friend
THIS is where I have a hard time controlling myself! LOL!
Like, if we just tried to get along with the bad guys on Sept. 12 they would have stopped being mean?? ARGH!!!!!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:27:24 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(God bless the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God bless them all!)
To: JohnHuang2
``Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before,'' Huh?
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:27:54 AM PST
by
EggsAckley
("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"...)
To: JohnHuang2
I wonder if this guy can really be a stupid as he sounds. I guess there was no terrorism in Iraq unless you were an Iraqi.
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:28:39 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: Bahbah
PLEASE FRANCE...NEVER GO AWAY...WE NEED YOU TO LAFF AT!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:30:34 AM PST
by
rrrod
To: JohnHuang2
"Sacre bleu!"
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:30:59 AM PST
by
anonymous_user
(Politics is show business for ugly people.)
To: EggsAckley
The French being, well, French. ;-)
To: StarCMC
Like, if we just tried to get along with the bad guys on Sept. 12 they would have stopped being mean?? Yes -- if only we were nicer to the terrorists -- better yet, cut and run! -- terrorism would fade away...
To: anonymous_user
LOL!
To: JohnHuang2
``Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before,'' de Villepin said. ``Today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism.'' More lies from the Marseilles Machiavelli.
De Villepin is a source of evil in the world, which represents only selfish French interests and no kind of morality, sanity, decency or honor.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1099121/posts
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:33:27 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Fun pics in my profile)
To: JohnHuang2
I am sorry but why are the terrorists so angry we took out Saddam? Would they be mad if we took out the prime minister of Canada? Doesn't this prove Saddam's ties to terrorism?
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:33:43 AM PST
by
KJacob
To: StarCMC
Could a public endorsement of Kerry by Dominique de Villepin be far off? ;-)
To: JohnHuang2
*Y A W N*
"We need to mobilize the world against terrorism" yada yada. The US has been trying to do that very thing since we were attacked.
France and most of the rest of planet Earth sure are good at talking, talking about mobilizing, and talking about talking, but not many beyond America actually DO much of anything about problems. They wait for other people to fix things and then bitch when they're not fixed the way the wanted.
To: KJacob
I am sorry but why are the terrorists so angry we took out Saddam? Would they be mad if we took out the prime minister of Canada? Doesn't this prove Saddam's ties to terrorism?
Most excellent point. Consider that one "borrowed."
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:36:47 AM PST
by
anonymous_user
(Politics is show business for ugly people.)
To: JohnHuang2
To: KJacob
Doesn't this prove Saddam's ties to terrorism? Why are you letting facts into this discussion?
;-)
To: JohnHuang2
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:39:08 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(God bless the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God bless them all!)
To: StarCMC
lol
To: JohnHuang2
Mr Lord The Villain says the world is more dangerous. I'd like to know exactly what contribution the Gallic Fench Sitters made to the Liberation Of Iraq? He sure can criticize the USA from the sidelines. What the hell, we know Saddam bribed French politicians to be supportive of him and his regime. The leading state of the Axis Of Weasels, wants to cave in, give up and run up the White Flag. So Paris doesn't get bombe by Al Qaeda like Madrid. Now that's brave!
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posted on
03/19/2004 7:40:52 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: StarCMC
Flip-flop Kerry, at it again; one day he brags of foreign support, now he disses foreign support. ;-)
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