Chirac blasts eastern Europeans over pro-American stance. (SURRENDER MONKEY BARF ALERT!!!!)

Drudge Report ^ | 17 Feb. 2003 | Chirac blasts eastern Europeans over pro-American stance, warns on EU membership

[tomahawk]

Jacques Ch-Iraq can go F**k himself. Then he can go to Hell.

[Ciexyz]

France, the nation whose people average the use of TWO cakes of soap PER YEAR.

[AntiDemocrat]

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. bttt...

[MississippiMan]

What a pompous arse! Good grief, I think this goes beyond anything I've seen from this moron yet when it comes to sheer arrogance. Has he not noticed that it's HIS position that's the minority position? How dare someone SPEAK? Missed an "opportunity to keep quiet?" This is unbelievable language to have come from a head of state!

MM

[Truth29]

Bump for future reference.

[txradioguy]

Well, I think we are now seeing the results of 8 years of deferring our foreign policy to the U.N. Some how the Europeans, specifically France & Germany, thought that we had become subservient to them and beholden to the U.N. And they failed to realize that the Clintoon years were only a hiccup in the timeline of U.S. history.

[MississippiMan]

For the sake of accuracy, while it was a good statement, it was former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Jed Babbin who made the accordion statement. ;-)

MM

[MississippiMan]

And they failed to realize that the Clintoon years were only a hiccup in the timeline of U.S. history.

More like a nasty fart.

MM

[kabar]

France is a nation in decline and Chirac knows it. For example, France is now spending 12 percent of its GDP on public pensions compared to a little over 4 percent in the US. Only 16 percent of French citizens 60-65 are still working compared to 38 percent in the UK. This year 550,000 workers will retire on pension. In three years the number will be 800,000. The demographic time bomb (declining birth rate coupled with an aging population) will result by 2040 in one worker for every pensioner compared to two for each pensioner now. The French politicians must make some hard decisions now, ie. before this Summer. Some options discussed include entending the working life by six years, raising contributions by one-half or reducing benefits by one third. Or encourage workers to save for their own retirement.

What does this all mean? France will be forced to reduce its expenditures for all other items, including defence, as public pensions consume more and more of their budget. It is something we should not replicate with Social Security and Medicare. France will become less and less of a world power, economically and militarily. Moreover, culturally with one out of every 10 Frenchmen a Moslem and the percentage will continue to increase due to the higher birth rate of Muslims and immigration. The very character of the nation is changing, which may make it almost unrecognizable in 30 to 40 years.

[txradioguy]

Well, he is also pandering to (if I remember correctly) a 40% Muslim population in his country too. Funny, I keep remembering all the RATS talking about how we needed to follow the example that Eurpoe was setting as far as healthcare, work days, et. al. I thank God that we didn't take those suggestions more seriously.

[NautiNurse]

Yummy info--thanks and bump!

[okie01]

[said Chirac], "Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible to (sign the letter) when their position is really delicate," Chirac said. "If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way."

Hey, Jacque, ol' buddy, ol' pal. It's "speak softly and carry a big stick". Not the other way around...

So, that's the big benefit of joining the EU. You get to turn your foreign policy over to the French!

[VRWC_minion]

He is not acting like a man in power. Plus they accuse the US of throwing its weight around.

[kabar]

Not quite 40 percent--more lie 10 percent at most. There are anywhere between 3 to 5 million Muslims now out of a population of over 50 million. Check out http://www.pakistanlink.com/nayyer/11102000.html France has the largest Muslim population in Europe. Many Muslims see it as a beachhead into Europe.

[Man of the Right]

Chirac and his fellow conspirator Schroeder never DREAMED the secret of their aid to Iraq would ever become public. BILL CLINTON was PRESIDENT. His successor was supposed to be OWL GORE, who spent 8 years keeping treasonous secrets and committing a few of his own. Chirac and Schroeder face RUIN if U.S. troops get into Iraq and disclose their violation of U.N. sanctions and Saddam's BRIBES to Chirac. Chirac is DESPERATE to stop Bush. And today's action showed it.

[Man of the Right]

4 million Muslims in France. 8%.

[Arpege92]

Their chance of becoming the leader in Europe is slipping away and desperate times call for desperate measures. Chirac sounds like a child who warns other children in the neighborhood to not play with the new child. I don't think these nations are going to lose sleep or even worry about the effects of backing the United States because what can France do to them really? LOL....it's one thing to pretend to be a leader, it's another to really be one.

[txradioguy]

I agree. Clintoon had his secret pact w/ the ChiComs and the DPRK. France and Germany had their deal with iraq. backs were being mutually scratched everyewhere. The turd in their socialist punchbowl was Mr. Living Brain Donor not winning the election to continue the duplicity.

[VRWC_minion]

Bush is holding his fire on France for some reason. Does he think they will self destruct with their own rope ?