[Publius Maximus]

Some friends we have there in the UN and NATO. Time to rethink our geopolitical relationships from scratch.

[prairiebreeze]

this one is a real barfer for sure. short-sighted clucks!

[Sam Cree]

Anyone planning a vacation in Europe?

[concerned about politics]

France had better hope they don't need us someday. Muslim clerics have already claimed France for the Nation of Islam. They're all going to be praising allah soon - buy force. We'll be "too busy" to help them.

[WayneM]

Who gives a rat's *ss what these cowards think.

The resolutions which authorize war against an uncooperative Iraq were already passed years ago. If the frogs wish to change this, let them pass another resolution.

[Drango]

I'm boycotting French Bread, French Fries, and French Toast.

[CharacterCounts]

Bush said the U.N. was making itself irrelevant! France will be the one to prove him correct.

[GraniteStateConservative]

The cards haven't all been laid on the table, yet, France.

[Thane_Banquo]

Bush made a huge mistake by listening to Powell and going through the UN. We do not need UN permission to defend ourselves. Powell will not be Secretary of State for the second term after this failure of Powell Policy.

[concerned about politics]

Wow. FOX just said we lost Bin Ladin because we were tracking his cell phone. A U.S. Senator blabbed to the press about how we knew where Bin Ladin was, so Bin Ladins body guard took the phone and walked away from Osoma, allowing him to escape.
And to think the Senate says they need more info about the war. Yeh, right!

[Diogenesis]

France (and Germany) simply DO NOT want the world
to find out their role in supplying Iraq with
materials for WMD.

[Freebird Forever]

Do you think that the frogs are just angling for concessions?

Let's face it. All cowards and whores can be purchased. What's the asking price?

[dogbyte12]

Bonjour, ya cheese eating surrender monkeys!

[alloysteel]

What is the surprise here? France has a HUGE internal problem, resulting from their years of considering Algeria as part of "metropolitan" France. Muslims from that land circulated widely and established residence all over the French mainland, as long ago as the De Gaulle era, back in the 1950's. When Algeria declared independence, many of the Muslims streamed back, but a disproportionate number remained in France, organized into their own communities, complete with mosques and the basis of a sharia court. These communities have assumed a more and more important position all across France, and their nominally Christian neighbors have been held in thrall by the growing excesses of their Muslim acquaintances. The ethnic Gallic French are pretty much wusses to begin with, and now they are thoroughly cowed by their more assertive compatriots.

Expect total capitulation within a few years, if not months, as France becomes the most Muslim of European countries outside of Kosovo. Closely folllowed by the Netherlands, Germany and possibly Denmark.

[Puddleglum]

I think the French, Germans, and Russians have a lot of resolution-breaking ties with Iraq to hide. It's all about conscience, of course - and making some bucks contrary to resolutions they passed thinking no one would really enforce them.

America has been and always will be the country people flee to from countries that give lip-service to liberties, like any member of the EU.

[GirlShortstop]

 

Oh, but of course!   They have more important things on which to spend their money and resources....   France moves to pay for mosques to curb terrorism     Bass-ackwards fools.

[Mo1]

France suggested today it would wage a major diplomatic fight, including possible use of its veto power, to prevent the U.N. Security Council from passing a resolution authorizing military action against Iraq

Hey France .. We won't forget this one ..

[xzins]

The issue is this: "Do the facts warrant a preemptive attack on Iraq before Iraq does grave damage to the US?"

The answer is "yes."

We should act regardless of the security council. As soon as that happens, the UN is shown to be inconsequential. We should then get out of it OR simply use it as a "tool" for our ongoing information warfare.

[Petronski]

I would heartily suggest President Bush schedule a summit with Jospin and Chiraq in Vichy France, and unveil our evidence there.

[Tax Government]

Who needs France?

[dfwgator]

F the French, we're better off without them.