French fear U.S. reprisals over Iraq

UPI | 3/24/03 | ELIZABETH BRYANT

[Corin Stormhands]

At the Richmond Rally for America yesterday, I bought my son a button that said "Iraq First. Then France."

I dared him to wear it to French class today. He declined.

[EternalHope]

"After all, its hard to pass up a good bottle of wine, and a good cheese."

Agreed.

However, it is EASY to pass up FRENCH wine and cheese.

[thoughtomator]

"After all, its hard to pass up a good bottle of Spanish or Italian wine, and a good Wisconsin cheese." Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

[P.O.E.]

Le paybaque c'est la bichet, n?

[SolutionsOnly]

well, DUH! What did they expect?

[conservativeinbflo.]

what an arrogant group of people... thanks to newsmax, i've found that i no longer need the likes of dannon yogurt in my house, and i plan on continuing the boycott. what do you want from a nation whose leader is in bed with Hussein? i think we'll be finding out some very interesting Hussein-Chriac connections in the weeks to come...

[TADSLOS]

The French will get the full scope of the message next month during the prime time tourist season in Paris. The islamist residents there will have plenty of room to maneuver the streets of Paris begging for Chirac to help them restore their bottomed out economy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Plenty of good wine in California. Plenty of good cheese in Wisconsin (not to mention Maytag Blue Cheese from IA).

[CatoRenasci]

"After all, its hard to pass up a good bottle of wine, and a good cheese."

So true, and that's why I'll have a bottle of top California Cabernet or Zinfandel or an Australian Cabernet or Shiraz, with Vermont Cheddar, Sonoma Jack, Brie from the Marin-French Cheese company (soon to be renamed), or goat cheese from New York or Vermont.

[malakhi]

In trade terms, the Americans would find it very difficult to boycott French products without damaging European products

I can live with that.

[Sloth]

"Secondly, nothing can be done officially without falling foul of WTO (World Trade Organization) rules," he said. "And I don't think the Americans will go down that road."

But, I thought we were cowboys who flaunt our superpower status and violate international law to impose our will. Surely, if the WTO stands in our way, we will simply bomb the daylights out of them and rape their women.

[JohnHuang2]

French fear U.S. reprisals over Iraq

French fear most things, but here their fear is right on the money.

[lone star annie]

I went to the wine store this past weekend and proud to report here in TEXAS all French wines were on sale!!! They can't give it away evidently. I bought Italian wine and a good ol Texas wine thank you very much.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I think payback will go much deeper than cheese and wine.

[peeve23]

is there a list of PURELY french products...those that are 95-100% made in France?

[ko_kyi]

But a threatened congressional wine boycott has yet to translate into a drop in exports to the United States, according to the Paris-based French Wines Council

Apparently Ted Kennedy isn't participating.

[Spruce]

I don't think the french realize just how wide anti-french sentiment is spreading in this country.

p.s. france sucks.

[mountaineer]

But frosty French-US relations did not stop 43-year old Kentucky resident Ron Gash, from enjoying Paris one recent, sunny morning. "I had some reservations at first," he said. "Everybody at home was saying do you really want to go to France? They don't like us anymore. But so far, I've had no problems."

Ron, Ron, Ron - the reason not to go to France is to show them we don't appreciate their position on Iraq. That means not putting Euros in their pockets. Whether US travelers there have "problems" is not the point.