We won't shut up, Mr Chirac, says East Europe

Reuters | 2/18/03 | Sean Maguire

[Tamzee]

May I compliment you on your wonderful screenname?? Rush was all that gave me hope for years ;-)

[E.G.C.]

Yeah, me too.

This is getting a little off the subject and I apologize for that but my research uncovered a Paul Harvey article here at FR (I don't have the link offhand) which points out where several nations enacted gun control laws and then followed up with the complete roundup and extermination of millions of people, namely political adversaries.

The bottom line here is that we're going to have to be very careful about who we put into office because people who focus on going after political adversaries tend not to be very good about manintaing a strong program of National Security.
Regards.

[Lion's Cub]

burn your Louis Vuitton, and buy a Coach bag!

I'm already boycotting French products and have been for a couple of months. I've ordered my skin care products from a French company since the mid 80's--they are far superior to anything made here--even the really high end stuff. However, I'm making do with the mostly worthless American made stuff. I am hoping that some American company will get serious about making a quality product soon.

In the meantime, dry, wrinkly skin is a mighty small price to pay for our freedom and the added safety of our troops.

[RooRoobird14]

"Sacre bleu!!!! Zee stinkee Frenchman is a FOOL!"

LOL

[Moby Grape]

Thanks for the info...I was not aware that Boy Clinton hid this "small" fact from his OWN people....although the Boy President did send a cruise missle into a building late at night to kill the janitor because Saddam tried to KILL A US PRESIDENT!!!!!...but,hey, France and the liberals see NO reason to go to war with this guy...and Inspector Hans Clouseau (the Pink Panther inspector of the UN), wants more time to inspect....if this were a movie, it would be very funny...but it is life and death, and it is NOT at all humorous.

[Puddleglum]

"All the best coffee-house intellectuals aspire to be dictators, and vice-versa." Great statement. May I quote you?

Please do - if for nothing else than to prove the old "stopped clock" axiom!

[BartMan1]

Chirac is an unreconstructed Leninist who lacks only the guns, tanks and terrorized subjects necessary to make his hollow threats real.....

[Polybius]

One East European diplomat said Chirac had spoken in a tone that not even the Soviet Union would have used with its Warsaw Pact clients during its 40 year dominance of the region.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick".....Teddy Roosevelt.

"Bluster harshly and pretend you have a stick".....Jacques Chirac.

[TexanToTheCore]

I would love to see a survey of the number of countries that feel compelled to join the EU versus the number of countries that would like to join because they think it is a good idea. I suspect there would be some surprises.

I am getting the feeling these days that M. Chirac has made a very large error and that the EU will be much weaker than the weenies in Brussels would like.

[WL-law]

One East European diplomat said Chirac had spoken in a tone that not even the Soviet Union would have used with its Warsaw Pact clients during its 40 year dominance of the region.

A sure sign of high stress which means that he's definitely hearing (and cringing from) all the well-deserved anti-french commentary coming from the US and most incisively from FREE REPUBLIC. Just as in the Bush-Gore post election battle, we matter.

[jays911]

bulgaria produces great wine.

[aBootes]

Perhaps a better insight into the American mindset might be gained by asking which countries, in time of need, have not received aid from the US either directly or indirectly? The list will be much shorter...

Europe is free to be Europe because America continues to be America. The Eastern Europeans learned by harsh experience, the French are in denial and the Germans have forgotten.

Now, begone troll.

[ErinsDaddy]

here's a link to send a personal message to Mr. Chirac

http://www.elysee.fr/ang/ecrire/mail_.htm

Please let him know what you really think

[Mamzelle]

Well, let's talk girly stuff. I'd be interested, since I must wean myself from French perfumes, though I use American makeup. What skincare line are you talking about? Some really yummy stuff--Clinique's Body Butter, just tried it. I've been trying things from BeneFit, an American outfit--I'll have to stop buying from Sephora.com, since I found out they are Louis Vuitton. I've decided to peruse the site they pay for, check out the American lines, then buy from Nordstrom.com. Urban Decay, Lorac...

That way I use them, and don't pay them. :') Show them what ingratitude feels like.

Perfume is tougher. I looked at my shelf...#5, Oscar, Fracas and Joy. I do like some British single-flowers like lavenders and violets...

[DeathfromBelow]

No just run by complete idiots. Take back your countries. Let Freedom ring.

[ohioWfan]

or wont you say 'dont buy from germans ' and 'dont buy from jews' are nearly the same ?

Not even close don!

These are free Americans making a free choice not to buy goods from a country, which, while claiming to be an ally, is working to undermine us at every turn. This is NOT a tyrannical, murdering dictator ordering a captive people not to buy goods from a group of people who had done nothing except be Jewish.

If you see a parallel, you need a course in remedial logic.

[driftless]

Les French c'est arrogant? Mais non, monsieur!!! How can that be?? (ha, ha)

[L`enn]

OK here are a few Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary Bulgaria, Israel. We actually turned our back on a modern democracies (though probably not by your view or the ne'er-do-wells of the world) in favor of 3rd world Marxist states in Rhodesia and South Africa. We looked the other way during the Shah's fall and got railroaded. One case where we have not been forceful enough in favor of democracy is Cuba.

[borkrules]

France is playing a dangerous, very high stakes game.

They are threatening the continued viability of the EU project, an experiment on which they have based all of their expectations and hopes for the future. Clearly, they envisioned an EU in which they would be the dominant player. Clearly, they envisioned an EU that would emerge as a rival of the United States, and one day, a true "superpower", both militarily and economically.

I believe the Chirac government is using the Iraq situation in an effort to drive a wedge between the US and Britain (it is no secret that Paris wants Blair gone, tomorrow) and to possibly destroy or permanently weaken NATO, with an eye towards replacing the traditional Atlantic alliance with a distinctly European defense arrangement, an arrangement that would have France at the center.

However, if they fail, France is even more marginalized than before. If the Iraqi campaign and the aftermath reveals French perfidy in conjunction with Saddam and exposes their diplomatic bluster as only so much cover for their own misdeeds, they are finally finished as a "world power". The Eastern European nations will be drawn even more strongly into Washington and London's orbit and Paris will be left on the outside looking in. Not to mention being cut out of the benefits that will come from a remade middle east.

When one thinks about the great risks that Paris is apparently willing to take, it tends to open one's eyes to France's endgame and the importance it places on taking down the United States and elevating itself. It's nothing short of breathtaking.

[Squantos]

France continues to produce more "Whine" than the world can consume........opportunity to shut up ? ....Priceless from the illegally parked frogs, soon to be toad !

Stay Safe D1 !