Posted on 02/24/2005 8:15:52 PM PST by Alex Marko
The france of ChIRAQ and the France of Petain are the same.
French opposition to the United States has never really had any particular consequences and so has grown into a truly cult-like obsession. During the Cold War we could not afford to break up Western solidarity when faced with an aggressive Soviet Union and the French could get away with things like undermining NATO and blaming the United States for prosecuting a war France had started (and lost) in Vietnam, and so we were silent in the face of ever more outrageous insults. The end of the Cold War changed not a great deal, really, from the French perspective, except that the ground they occupied was no longer middle, one pole of its configuration having evaporated.
Now Chirac is attempting to pursue his geopolitical ambitions by nothing less than a takeover of the nascent EU, and forming alliances with countries such as China whose own national objectives are of little interest to France except insofar as they constitute enmity to the United States.
This is not the act of a friend in any sense. This is the consistent track record of an implacable enemy. I do not consider myself an alarmist, and would like to imagine that it is the private obsession of a zealot on the wrong side of history. That may not, in fact, be the case, and if not, then we have to consider reformulating U.S. foriegn policy under the premise that France is an openly hostile nation on the order of Iran, and that they intend to influence the entire EU on that account if they are able.
We are always told by the left that Rumsfeld sold all the aems to Saddam.
arms to Saddam that is
Bill, this is a superb analysis. For further insight into this issue from a slightly broader aspect, I might suggest a close read of Bat Ye'or's "Eurabia" that will be out in April.
Ye'or takes on the issue from an historical perspective -- and examines it from its infancy in the 30's. Great analysis of the coming demise of Europe.
Kindest regards -- and a great weekend to all.
the c.i.a. weather forecast for france the next decade:
some social uprisings.
oui, oui.
We were living in Paris then and I was attending a local French school (BTW, my brother and I placed 1st and 2nd in our respective grades).
Loved living in Paris and would like to go back, if it weren't for all those damned Parisians!
It's not unlike living in Boston. LOL!
Not true. Petain didn't pretend to be our ally or have a seat in the Big Three.
But they were socialist, anti-semitic and generally wussies.
Somehow we Americans have got to learn not to bend over every time some foreigner feels offended.
France sickens me to my stomach.
Good for LBJ.
BTTT
Well written analysis. My question is: How should
we treat France? You mentioned treating them as an
enemy. How do we do this? Trade barriers perhaps?
If so, then lets start with Airbus!
Economical strategy would be the best way to combat france. or....throw a bar of soap at them.
(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")
"Nonetheless, U.S. nuclear laboratories are still helping the French, the U.S. is still subsidizing the French nuclear weapons establishment, and, most unbelievable of all, the Bush Administration is offering Chirac the secrets of the U.S. national missile defense."
Someone P L E A S E tell me this isn't true.
Boycott France!
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