[Centurion2000]

Your country is the charter member to the Axis of Weasels.

Now go away or I will taunt you a second time ;)

[MadIvan]

Irak has not yet attacked anyone

Oh? Kuwait and Iran may have a different view on the subject.

Here we have French rationalisation at its worst. Iraq was obliged to disarm as a result of the Gulf War, a war in which Iraq invaded Kuwait. For 12 years it has failed to live up to its obligations.

Here are some things you cannot deny: not only has Iraq failed to live up to its obligation to disarm, it sponsors terrorism, hosting Abu Nidal, no less, and paying the families of suicide bombers in Israel, $25,000 each.

Worse, Iraq was implicated in a plot to kill former President Bush, and even Blix is saying now that it has not declared all its weapons of mass destruction, which according to the UN, it is obligated to do.

Some crusade. This is the culmination of years of violations, lying, brutality and sponsorship of terrorism. I dare say even Chirac realises that Saddam is a bad person.

But realising this is one thing. Actually stepping up to take the action to remove Saddam is another.

J'ACCUSE!

I accuse France of moral cowardice in light of this, not only in refusing to fight, but trying to impede those who would do the right thing.

J'ACCUSE!

I accuse France of complicity in trying to preserve this brutal regime, trying to put up endless delaying tactics, ensuring Saddam's survival.

J'ACCUSE!

I accuse France of being a thoroughly immoral country because not only are you behaving immorally, you dare to lecture Britain and the United States on the subject of morality.

What Britain and the United States require of France is not aid, nor troops, nor money, nor even your affection. Just do that which is the hardest for you. Remain silent for once.

Ivan

[clintonh8r]

Vive le vin California!

[expatpat]

And the rest of the world fears you but it doesn't love you.

Do you think they love you Frenchmen? Don't believe it.

[Slings and Arrows]

If socialized healthcare was all its supposed to be, this poor man would have gotten the medication he so desparately needs to live a normal life. As it is, I can't decide whether it's the schizophrenia or the syphillis talking.

FReegards,
Slings and Arrows

[go star go]

Looks to me like the Frenchman ran away and surrendered yet again. Not one response on this thread from the Frenchman...

[Redcloak]

I've finished my Big Mac and I've moved on to eating French Fries now. If the French had a collective spine, that term, French Fries, would be offensive. But since they're unimportant weasels, I don't care.

Aren't you late for a surrender someplace?

[KarlInOhio]

I would be glad if the French didn't participate in the upcoming war. Primarily because I want the investigation into who is supplying Iraq with materials for making nuclear, biological and chemical weapons unfettered by the French, German and Russian interference. The last thing we need is the French 102nd paper shredder division jumping to the head to the march into Baghdad in the last day of the war.

[Bahbah]

My God, Pierre. It is the time for the civilized cultures to stand against the uncivilized, and this means in large part Islam. You say countries only go to war in their own interests. You believe the lie that it is lust for oil. Americans don't send their young ones off for lucre, but for peace and freedom. Sometimes you can't have peace without war. If you are familiar with history, you know this. So what is France's self interest that keeps it out of this conflict. Economic deals with the Butcher of Bagdad? And for Schroeder, the desire to keep his power. I love France, les francais et les francaise, l'histoire, la literature. Chirac, je ne l'aime pas. Zoot, not Zot.

[holdonnow]

The next time Germany invades your country, ask the Iraqis to save you. It's times like this when nations determine who their true allies are. France and Germany have spoken, and many of us won't forget.

[WL-law]

Here it is, plain and simple. We have tolerated 'terrorism' because we have tolerated the notion of plausible deniability, that is, that sponsor states can reap the benefit of a covert war while denying their role in its existence, support, and furtherance. It is-was the only way for the weak -- the world of disaffected Islam -- to confront the strong (US).

But September 11th -- and the transition to power of the conservatives, who will not condone the self-deception and status-quo groveling cowardice that allows such plausible deniabilty to operate -- means that that world is over.

Saddam is the first in our cross-hairs, because he is bound by the treaty of surrender, which is a contract that we intend to enforce. Others may follow, if and as necessary. IMHO, it will not be necessary -- they will soon learn an instructive lesson.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Here's a few questions for you:

Why did France refuse the US permission for overflight during the bombing of Libya?

What kind of involvement has France had with Iraq since the end of the Gulf War?

How much money does Iraq owe France and French countries?

Is that why you're standing with Germany?

Oh - and how do you feel about owing the US for the blood spilled to gain your freedom twice in the past century??

It's ok, I don't expect an answer.

[TomServo]

What did the Mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered during WWII?

Table for One Hundred Thousand?.

[Senator Pardek]

The Maginot Line was the equivalent of using cheesecloth as a condom.

[Bahbah]

Come on back out and fight, Pierre. Don't worry about your English. It's not that bad. My French is not so great either but I don't let it stop me.

[El Sordo]

[roses of sharon]

Anglo-Saxon Crusade? (this IS 2003)

Oil Pipelines? (France, Germany and Russia HAVE oil contracts to protect with Iraq)

Thousands of new terrorists that hate America? (Muslims have been preaching hate for decades, that's new?)

So we should attack, NK, Russia, China, Israel (I'm sure you would join the fight against those awful Jews), and Palestine, (when they have their own terrorist state, for sure).

USA wants to be loved? No that's France, lovers of all lovers. Millions come to the USA to WORK, W-O-R-K, do the French have a word for work?

Conspiracy tales are Frances' notion of "rational"?

[Verginius Rufus]

NATO (OTAN) was founded to defend its members against the Soviet Union--before the Warsaw Pact (le Pacte de Varsovie) existed. The French preference is for appeasement and doing nothing, like they did when Hitler invaded Poland and the French went through the motions of declaring war and then did nothing for more than half a year, until Hitler attacked them.

The later kings of the Merovingian dynasty were known as the "do-nothing kings." The Fifth Republic seems to have entered its Merovingian stage.

[Gamecock]

France is a dog hole, and it no more merits the tread of a man's foot.

- William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

[cookcounty]

Let me apologize for all these irrational freepers. Sometimes anonymity of the internet brings out the worst of manners.

My daughter married a Frenchman last summer in SW France in the Lot vallee. We enjoyed small-town life in France immensely. People were very friendly and helpful. My daughter #3 is spending a year there now, perfecting her French.

Nonetheless, I have to say that I share a certain impatience with the French govt lately, I sincerely wonder if the government has even read UN res 1441. The burden has been clearly upon Saddam to demonstrate the manner in which his WMD were destroyed. When Blix said today, "this is not a game of 'catch-as-catch-can,'" I couldn't help but think he was speaking directly to the Elysee. Powell carefully, meticulously, crafted the language of 1441 with the active colaborration of the French. For them now to pretend they don't understand is, indeed, infuriating.

But it won't keep me from visiting France this summer, I can hardly wait!