[thoughtomator]

Which of course begs the question, how many billions did France get for not supporting the war?

[Malleus Dei]

"I am not sure that it is in the nature of our American friends at the moment to return favors systematically,"

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.

[rovenstinez]

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?.

[marty60]

Chirac thinks UK bribe should be HOW MUCH?

[Smoote]

I'm not surprised that Chirac doesn't understand that sometimes great leaders take a course of action not for profit but simply because it is the right thing to do.

[Pete'sWife]

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.

[Proud_texan]

And what exactly did the US "get" for saving the precious French "culture" from the Nazi's?...

[aliquis]

These are the exact points of view that got Europe in trouble over all of those centuries. This attitude of "Can I have some money now?" in their politics is just a little bit cynical.

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...

[tkathy]

France will get the same as the Dutch and then awaken to reality.

[Route101]

Oh boy...Big bad France tells the world where it's going wrong...Will someone tell Jacques Crapsack to sit down and shutup?

[kittymyrib]

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.

[537cant be wrong]

take a flying ........ well you know what i mean.
my greatest wish now that our beloved president has vanquished the scum sucking traitor and his army of illbegotten brain dead familiars, is
1 kill more terrorist
2 hope that france is taken over by scum muslims and to help them we have to use tactical nukes, and if most of their leftist population disapears along with the muslims scum, i for one will not be disheartened. france is our enemy we better make sure we keep them in our gun sights

[Smoote]

Who died and made this clown King of the EU?

[OpusatFR]

""Well, Britain gave its support, but I did not see much in return. I am not sure that it is in the nature of our American friends at the moment to return favors systematically," The Times newspaper quoted Chirac as saying."

He reveals a lot about his mind in this statement. Some things just must be done and the price is not an issue, nor is the sacrifice.

Have the French ever believed in honor?

[Allegra]

Chirac needs to just shut his stupid, cheese-eating, surrendering, corrupt, Saddam-loving mouth.

[libertylover]

Britain got very little in return for supporting the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq ... French President Jacques Chirac said in an interview published Tuesday.

How telling. Chirac isn't going to do anything without his hand held out-gimme, gimme, gimme>

"Increasingly both Europe and America are coming to realize that lasting security against fanatics and terrorists cannot be provided by conventional military force but requires a commitment to democracy, freedom and justice," Blair said.

What's really interesting is that "stupid" George W. Bush realized this years ago. Also, Mr. Blair should have said, "solely by conventional military force". All in all though, Blair has been a good ally.

[tjwmason]

Au contraire M. Chirac. We got rid of a murderous dictator who was increasingly engaging with Islamist terrorists, and had a great desire to posses W.M.D. along with a demonstrated willingness to use them.

We didn't fight so that America would like us more, so that America would give us concessions, that is the relationship of vassal states to their masters - America is our partner. We both agreed that we needed to get rid of Saddam, and so we did.

We got what we wanted.

[SandRat]

That's what you think Froggie! The UK, AU, and a host of others have us for a Friend they can trust at their word and know that they're not dealing with some lying, double-dealing, greedy, immoral, stuck-up, pompous, snob Frog that can be bought for centimes.

[saveliberty]

Chirac, the Old Fart of Fascism

[LRS]

"Thank heavens for little girls..."