I still believe they are the ideal choice, but I am not the one making that decision. Israel must agree to it, so they along with Lebanon have the final say.
France has consistently thwarted America's attempts to use any and all diplomatic means to weaken terrorist....France folds quicker than cheap lawn furniture in the face of conflict...oh- unless it is in the Ivory Coast- one of their money making "colonies".....France has a history of supporting one of the world's most famous terrorists- Yasser.......They were up to their necks in the Oil for Food scandal and did everything they could to protect Saddam.....
Yasser was invited to the WH 13 times under Clinton, more than any other foreign leader. Carter called him, "father of the modern Palestinian nationalist movement. A powerful human symbol and forceful advocate, Palestinians united behind him in their pursuit of a homeland." The US legitimized Arafat. GWB called for a two state solution, the first President to do so.
Arafat and Rabin shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. He was an accepted world figure and you blame France for this? The very fact that France has supported Arafat, aids them in their role in the ME and Lebanon.
France can be useful in achieving our objectives in the ME. I don't have to support everything they have done in order to use them in this process.
TRUST FRANCE TO PROTECT ISRAEL FROM THE HEZZIES? I think not.
Israel must make that decision. The objective is a secure northern border.
GREAT POINT ABOUT CLINTON...
He did have a Yasser fixation.....ugh! blech!
very embarassing to the US IMNSHO.....LOL!
I will say that I get just a little satisfaction out of knowing that Clinton ended up pitching fits and quite upset when Yasser just walked away from the Camp David meetings in July of 2000......LOL!
Clinton was so hoping to be the big shot broker of peace... and Yasser denied him.......
I admit though- I would rather let Clinton have a legacy of brokering the peace than having so many dead civilians and terror attacks.......
the difference between us and the Dems and Terrorists...
we love life, liberty, and Freedom- more than we hate our "enemies" or hunger to destroy the leader of the opposing party......