Posted on 11/16/2004 1:41:37 AM PST by iso
Attention cheese-eating-surrender-monkey-in-chief: America is here to do the RIGHT thing, not the politically expedient or the back-scratching, favor-returning thing. Unlike a nation of cowards I could name.
I only hope that Chirac picked up whatever Arafat had. The French can not be trusted.
Mr. Chirac fought the same culture and system as a French soldier in Lebanon, he isn't unaware of the quagmires and rues of the enemy. France was in Viet Nam and decided NOT to make it a win or loose all place to engage troops. Wisdom begs us to ask, WHAT IS RIGHT?, not WHO is right?.
Nuke France!!!
Ho Chi Minh wasn't paying $25,000 to the family of every suicide bomber for the destruction of innocents in Saigon, nor was he paying off Chirac's cronies. I'd ask Wisdom the same question, WHAT IS RIGHT?
Chirac thinks UK bribe should be HOW MUCH?
Chirac seems to forget that the UK is a member of NATO - an attack upon one member is an attack upon all?
The fact that he is catcalling the UK for not "getting enough out of the deal" shines a bright light on the greasy realpolitick of the French.
Absolutely. I guess the Nazi loving part of France has taken over. apparently France has decided that money is the measure of their character.
I'll name the nation…"france". A conflagration of reptilian frogs not worthy to be called a nation. The french are the lowest form of life on Earth; cowards who will stand for nothing, cowards who will not continue to fight for their land and families and once they have quit and been defeated will join their occupiers in systematically destroying themselves.
The french are good for nothing and nothing good will ever come from france.
Last April, my family and I visited England for a week. We had a wonderful time, saw some beautiful scenery, slept in a castle, consumed some of the best food we ever had, met some of the friendliest people on earth, and vowed to return in 2006.
In the process, we left several thousand dollars there.
Our decision to visit England was, at its heart, our small way of saying "Thank you for standing by us."
I wonder how many other Yanks have visited the U.K. for the same reasons.
We have no intentions of visiting France or Germany anytime soon.
And what exactly did the US "get" for saving the precious French "culture" from the Nazi's?...
The Europeans - same as the American Left - need to finally wake up to the fact that promoting your values cannot be done by the means of a bribe. I can clearly see the liberals telling me, "It cannot be achieved by the sword either," but their argument is not credible. Let's remember who started the war. "Who lives by the sword, dies by the sword" - is the old saying, however, I tend to agree more with an old Russian one: "He who comes with a sword, will die by a sword." The Islamists have come here with the a sword...
I can understand the EU objecting to the politics of a carrot and stick - they haven't got a stick, have they? Liberals, don't hold your hopes, they are not gonna be able to keep their carrot for much longer either...
We appreciate that very tangible support from our allies. In return my family shop for all our outdoor clothing and such excellent high quality products from the US by mail order (Bean, LL not Mr) and 'blow-out' on our holidays over there in the US. We've 'done' Florida (of course), Arizona, Kalifornia (quaint!! Not!) and Seattle in our time.
We are always looked after wonderfully by you guys!
France will get the same as the Dutch and then awaken to reality.
Struther Martin(The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
Peter Lorre(The Maltese Falcon)
Claude Rains(Casablanca)
Eddie Albert(Attack!)
Frank Faylen(Gunfight at the OK Corral)
John Cazale(The Godfather)
No offense to these actors... but they were very effective in playing spineless scum!!
Oh boy...Big bad France tells the world where it's going wrong...Will someone tell Jacques Crapsack to sit down and shutup?
If England is ever in trouble, the USA will stand by her and fight for her because she has always stood with us. And the world knows it. When France is attacked, I hope we'll pop popcorn and watch it on Fox News. And the world knows that, as well. I'd say the Brits have made a very smart choice for their future.
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