Posted on 06/09/2004 8:29:29 AM PDT by kattracks
Perhaps too busy still mourning the loss of his business partner Saddam Hussein, chief French quisling Jacques Chirac is not only refusing to attend former President Ronald Reagan's funeral on Friday, his government doesn't even list a representative who will attend.Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder are the only G-8 leaders who have confirmed plans to attend. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected as well, along with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Prince Charles.
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin says he will not attend and is sending Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is expected.
Others on the list for the ceremony include former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Irish President Mary McAleese, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Romanian President Ion Iliescu, Acting Lithuanian President Arturas Paulauskas, former Polish President Lech Walesa, former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Australian Governor General Maj. Gen. Michael Jeffrey, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Slovakian President Rudolf Schuster, Grenadan Governor General Sir Daniel Williams, former Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lars Engqvist and Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh.
Please, let me live to see the Fr*nch degrade into oblivion.
Despicable scum. Thoroughly lacking in manners, dignity and grace.
On the other hand, the cathedral will smell better.
Regards, Ivan
This is a serious breech of protocal, and a deep insult to the people of the United States.
I've heard Lady Thatcher will be speaking by videotape. Is that in error or, if not, do you know why she'd be there, yet on tape?
BTW, add me to the long list of those glad to see you back, though sorry for the occasion.
Dan
I had heard elsewhere that George W. Bush would attend. I guess that he changed his mind. Perhaps John F. Kerry replaced him.
Good.
F.
The.
French.
Look at the list of leaders - Thatcher, Blair, Gorby, Walesa, Nakasone - among many others, who ARE attending and there's no comparison.
Amen to that.
Typical french! Disgusting behavior.
What makes the weasel think we wanted him there anyway?
Thanks for the warm welcome...I'm very touched by how warm it has been from everyone.
Regards, Ivan
Old Europe and all that.
Chirac Refuses to Attend Reagan's Funeral
Has the Al Qaeda given him a signal that he should stay home for reasons of safety?
My first reaction is to launch insults his way but this is a very good thing: he simply isn't welcome in the USA.
I read that Mrs. Thatcher will attend, but she's already taped her message.
Lady Thatcher is in pretty bad shape herself. She's had fainting spells, etc. I think that she has been asked by her physicians to avoid further public appearances.
They're already there - or well on the way. Next stop: Gaulistan.
I remember when the despicable Lyndon Johnson refused to attend Churchill's funeral thus proving me wrong as I'd thought it impossible my opinion of LBJ had any further room to sink.
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