[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Re. the "world hates America" story all over the news yesterday:

Tim Blair kindly provides more proof that the international/nation press are wankers. VLWC - or mindless, bitter, partisan lemmings - you be the judge.

 "Although anti-US sentiment has waned since March in the 20 countries surveyed.... "

The world LIKES us MORE today than it did before the war.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Chirac The Wimp
Washington Dispatch ^ | June 5, 2003 | Frank Salvato
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Repeating his opinion that the action taken in Iraq was “illegitimate and illegal”, Chirac extolled his arrogance during a press conference given a day after President Bush left for a summit in Jordan that would kick-start the Middle East peace process. What everyone shouldn’t be amazed at is the fact Chirac is displaying his uncanny ability to say one thing and do another, an art form that he has brought to new heights in his quest for the ultimate hypocrisy.

Chirac is a frustrated but committed socialist, the economic and cultural turmoil in his own country stands as testimony to that failed ideal. It is no secret his vision for France is to be the counter-balance to American influence in Europe and throughout the world. It is for this very reason that he spearheaded the campaign to sidetrack the American led initiative to confront Saddam Hussein, that, and to cover-up the fact that his administration had been illegally doing business with the brutal dictator’s regime despite UN sanctions forbidding it. His sentiment is devoutly anti-American while his resolve is weak. He allows himself to be viewed by the world as a leader who only stands on the soapbox of opinion while no one of influence is in his proximity.

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