Pentagon adviser: France 'no longer ally' (big surprise!)

UPI ^ | Published 2/4/2003 3:41 PM | By Martin Walker, UPI Chief International Correspondent

[Capitalist Eric]

Not any surprise...

But, at least the UPI is now putting this observation in the public eye...

[AdamSelene235]

New category: Impotent Enemy. Major source of Anti-American disinformation. Suspected supplier of WMD to rogue nations.

[ApesForEvolution]

Screw the UN, screw the frunks and gerdungs and screw NATO. The EU will be EuroIslamotrash without any western alliances and support....screw the communist trash.

[Poohbah]

Pentagon adviser: France 'no longer ally' (big surprise!)

Should read:

Pentagon adviser: France 'no longer ally' (Thank God!)

[ConservativeMan55]

Gee I wonder how long it took them to come to that conclusion!
Next conclusion: Saudi Arabia may not be the perfect ally either....

[ConservativeMan55]

ROTFLMAO!!! If you are on the side of France, you are more than likely already waving the white flag.

[anniegetyourgun]

Also here with over 150 posts.

[billorites]

All the pieces are falling into place it seems.

[Cicero]

If we conquer France, we could lower the price of Bordeaux.

[outpost44]

Considering France as an "ally" is like considering a rattle snake as a pet. Always waiting for its chance to bite you....
(no disrespect to rattle snakes)

[Greybird]

France is no longer an ally of the United States

Unfortunately, Mr. Perle, the North Atlantic Treaty -- part of the ultimate "Law of the Land," according to the U.S. Constitution -- says otherwise. You don't get to cavalierly discard allies, under treaty, that you dislike. You work with them ...

... or you give up the treaty. Or you reconsider the worth of the treaty in the first place. But neither of those possibilities ever occurs to you, does it? And we know how readily you discard the "Congress shall have the power ... to declare war" part of the Constitution.

Toss away France, and you toss away NATO. We'd be better off, anyway. We'll now soon be pledged by that treaty to go to war if Lithuania is attacked by Russia. That's worse than the "we don't apparently own any maps" guarantee given by Britain to Poland in 1939.

[Always A Marine]

Toss away France, and you toss away NATO.

Not true. France withdrew in a snit from NATO back in the 1960s, ostensibly to build its own "separate deterrent" force. While maintaining observer status, France never submitted its forces to NATO command. I'm no particular fan of the French, but in retrospect, I have to admire such a stubborn streak of sovereignty...

[Always A Marine]

"It is now reasonable to ask whether the United States should now or on any other occasion subordinate vital national interests to a show of hands by nations who do not share our interests." -Richard Perle

Amen. Best quote of the year.

[CARepubGal]

Who would have thought it: France is not our ally! As Gomer Pyle said so very well "Surprise Surprise Surprise!" When will the froggies surrender and give Normandy back to Britain?

[Travis McGee]

Phoque les phroggies.

[CARepubGal]

Virtually yes. The VD they carry would be nasti in RL!

[sneakypete]

Who would have thought it: France is not our ally!

It's almost enough to make you want to ask what their first good clue was,isn't it?

[CARepubGal]

That question did come to mind for some reason. I guess the quote about Germans can be extended to France: They are in one of two places: Groveling at your feet, licking your boots or attempting to stab you in the back.

[ImpBill]

Not that I disagree at all, but please tell us how you really feel. ROFLMAO

[ApesForEvolution]

If this were ever a 'if you aren't with us, you're against us' moment that has already passed, I can't imagine one.

The frunks are costing American lives and emboldening the communist RATS in America every day they've held onto this charade.