Chirac lobbies the Turks to deny US bases and overflight rights

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[aculeus]

I repeat: Chirac may be receiving Iraqi millions into a secret bank account.

His behavior is very strange, helping a psychopath to triumph.

[TexanToTheCore]

The French do not have a big enough economy to duplicate the defense we have constructed in the Gulf for those countries. They will stay with us.

[KickRightRudder]

Chirac is a bigger whore than Clinton. He'll screw anything that moves. Maybe the syphillis is destroying his brain.

[Maeve]

It's not nonsense. France holds the keys for Turkey's entry into the EU.

[feedback doctor]

French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said she would travel to the Gulf region on Saturday and Sunday to hand over a message from President Jacques Chirac to three regional leaders.

Her message is that France knows the longitude and latitude of the locations of the leaders of theses 3 countries, and that the long range missles Iraq DOESN'T have that are powered by rocket fuel that the French DIDN'T secure for Iraq will be programmed with said coordinates if these countries do not back France's position.

[Maeve]

The hell with the French. That plane of hers needs to be "escorted" to Diego Garcia and kept there for a week.

[Maeve]

China is my guess.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Actually I was wondering if the Clintons were blackmailing Chirac. Still half-kidding, but they have a vested interest in this war going badly.

[a_Turk]

Chirac ain't France, and Turkey ain't ready for the EU, neither economically, nor politically..

[EaglesUpForever]

It's about time to lob a few cruise missles on Paris

Only a few?

[Maeve]

Chirac ain't France.

The hell he's not!

He's Mr. "I-Am-the-Emperor-of-the-world", and because the French love what he is doing, he will be as a god to them -- until the truth about him is revealed.

[Defiant]

Maybe we should shoot down her plane.

[goodnesswins]

"I imiagine Chirac is threatening Turkey with consequences vis-a-vis EU entry."

It's probably already been said...but I think Chirac is doing a fine job of DESTROYING the EU!

[Defiant]

After the war, let's squeeze France's supply of oil.

[11B3]

Hello friend - you are indeed courageous as I knew you were. Most people in your situation would have stayed the hell away from here until all this was sorted out.

My main question to you is simple: Why on earth would Turkey even want to join the EU? They lose their sovereignty, they lose control over everything and give it to France and Germany. This makes no sense. Let the Greeks swim in their own offal in the EU with the rest of them.

[Maeve]

Boycott France as a vacation destination.

That's the biggest thing that will hurt France!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Chiraq is trying VERY, VERY hard to prevent us from finding something in Iraq. I wonder whatever it could be?

[Robert_Paulson2]

war with france by this years end....
not just a trade war with the EU

[Robert_Paulson2]

you sent me the names last week... and I forgot to write them down... they are the triomphe and the???

[Defiant]

Not damaging enough. Some of our people will die because of the French. The French need to suffer for that.