France's Chirac, Bush Speak by Telephone

The Washington Post ^ | 4/15/03 | Associated Press

[freedombrigade]

PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac and President Bush spoke by telephone for the first time in more than two months Tuesday, in a possible sign of warming ties after their bitter dispute over war in Iraq.

[cynicom]

Hope Bush had his phone sanitized after the call.

[San Jacinto]

Bravo! I hope to see that published somewhere. Please send it to some newspapers, Fox News website, etc. Wonderful!

[Smedley]

Chirac, apparently signaling a desire to repair frayed France-U.S. relations, told Bush during the telephone call that France is prepared to adopt a "pragmatic approach" to the postwar situation in Iraq.

Translation: "Chirac, apparently signaling a desire to repair France's sense of self-importance, told Bush during the telephone call that France is prepared to adopt "a set of kneepads" concerning the postwar situation in Iraq.

[truthkeeper]

Fantastic! Did you write it?

And can I e-mail it all over the place?

[rs79bm]

Chirac, apparently signaling a desire to repair frayed France-U.S. relations, told Bush during the telephone call that France is prepared to adopt a "pragmatic approach" to the postwar situation in Iraq.

If I was Bush, I would have told him to f*** ***.

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[One More Time]

I have been kicking this idea around for a while and thought I would share it. I have no intention of defending it but I would offer it for discussion and I will return to read comments but I may not respond.

It was obvious to everyone including the French that the only possible outcome would be the removal of Saddam from power. The French could have one of two motives for opposing us. They hope to appear to be the leader of the opposition or they really wanted Saddam killed and removed through an exercise of Western military power. Suppose it appeared that Saddam was about to capitulate and go onto exile then the French opposition could make it appear to Saddam that he might have a chance to survive if he just held out. His only hope would be to appear to be the victim and that America would back off when the battle again looked like a slaughter as it had in 1991. If Saddam had gone into exile it would have been impossible for us to justify a war with Iraq. The French like the U.S. wanted a demonstration of military power in the middle east as a deterrent against Islamic terrorists and they played their part to insure that Saddam would hold out and allow a war.

I don’t believe the French were in on the game but their history of backstabbing and underhanded conniving would lend itself to such a manipulative strategy.

[zoso82t]

Good job!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFLMAO!!!!

[The Old Hoosier]

Huh?

[Beck_isright]

Chirac: Bonjour Georges, how is D.C. zis time of year"

W: What the hell do you want?

Chirac: I just wanted to say 'allo' and zee if you are readee to azk forgiveness and kiss and make up for your cowboy ways.

W: Forgiveness for what? For doing what I say and not being a lying cheese eating surrender monkey like you?

Chirac: Wat iz zis cheeze eating surrender monkee? Vee are peazeful peeple. Azk ze germans.

W: Didn't you get my email telling you to 'go to hell'???

Chirac: Zay non! We just want your taxpayer dollars to keep our socialist party in power long enough to get the communist party more votes! What is wrong with that monsieur?

W: Dial tone.

Chirac: 'Allo, allo, allo'? Damn phone company, zey must be on strike again.

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893795/posts

If any Freepers heard Rush read the article that a former CNNer wrote this morning, they might want to go to this thread posted by ConservativeMan55. It really gives an incredible insight to the evil that CNN represents.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893795/posts

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good job!

Funny!

[Media Insurgent]

I'd like to hear a tape of Bush making a "Crank Yankers" or "Jerky Boyz" style call to Chirac.

[Scothia]

Very pointed and creative, both of you. I'll pay the ultimate compliment: "Wish I'd written it first."

[Happy2BMe]

Chirac to BUSH: We DEMAND a piece of the pie!!

BUSH to Chirac: UP your French-whore ARSE!

[Happy2BMe]

DESECRATION OF GRAVES

By SIMON HUGHES

SICK French yobs daubed a swastika and vile anti-war slurs at a cemetery for 11,000 British troops.

The showpiece cenotaph at the graveyard in Northern France was smeared in red paint with the words: “Dig up your rubbish. It’s fouling our soil.”

Other slogans at the Etaples cemetery near Boulogne included “Death to the Yankees” and “Saddam Hussein will win and spill your blood.”

And the vandals wrote “Rosbeefs go home” — the French insult for Brits is roast-beefs. Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush were also branded war criminals.

The graffiti was discovered by a shocked gardener and spotted by around 80 visitors. It was cleaned off the same day.

Roy Hemmington — spokesman for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission — said: “We are deeply offended. This is the strongest language and most vile graffiti I have witnessed at a war graves cemetery.

“The suggestion that the bodies of soldiers who died for France should be dug up is particularly foul.”

Most soldiers buried at the cemetery were defending France at the Somme and Ypres during World War I.

Another 122 are troops who died fighting the Nazis in World War II.

Among the dead are a winner of the Victoria Cross, 217 holders of the Military Medal and 69 holders of the Military Cross.

A number had been awarded France’s top military decoration, the Legion d’Honneur.

Roy added: “Almost every British regiment has war dead here. This insults just about the entire British Army.”

Anti-British feeling has been whipped up in France since President Jacques Chirac refused to let the UN back action against Iraq.

Last night Jim Kelleher, chief clerk to the Royal Fusiliers Association, said: “No sane person would do this. It is a disgrace. I have family buried in France and if I could get my hands on whoever did this I’d bury them too.”

Jeremy Lillies, of the Royal British Legion, added: “It is distressing.”

The Sun’s Military Adviser Major-General Perkins said: “It is despicable.”

Appalled local MP Jacques Lang said: “It is an attack on the memory of the British and American soldiers who contributed to the liberation of our soil.”

Police captain Thibault Martin added: “It is sick and cowardly.”

The shocking news comes as a new poll reveals that a third of the French want SADDAM to win the war.

A massive 78 per cent of 1,000 people in the poll by French newspaper Le Monde disapproved of the Allied action.

But 16 per cent “really wish for” a Coalition victory — while 37 per cent said they would prefer one.

[kidd]

BUSH: (dialing) Hey Jacques, guess who this is?

CHIRAQ: I give up.

BUSH: (snickers) Well, of course you do - you're French! (hangs up, Powell and Rumfield laughing in background)

Newspapers the next day: PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac and President Bush spoke by telephone for the first time in more than two months Tuesday, in a possible sign of warming ties after their bitter dispute over war in Iraq.