[Nachum]

Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled: France refused request to serve halal food and no wine

[rdl6989]

Obama will call for sanctions against the French by sundown tonight.

[Mr. K]

OK, I would have to disagree with France on this one.

You should be polite to your invited guests.

And ONLY spit on their food when they are not looking

[gov_bean_ counter]

Let them eat cake... HA!

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Zut alors! Pas de vin? Sacre blue!

[stephenjohnbanker]

France actually spoke out against the Iran deal way back when. But whe Germany and Britain sold us ou and joined Obama, they caved too.

[rockrr]

He said “muslim sensibilities”......

Bwahaaaahaaaahaaaaaa!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Ah, so we’ve finally found something that the French will not surrender on.

[Norm Lenhart]

France was idiotic to invite a muslim to anything much less an Iranian, in the first place.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I assume that when French officials attend lunches hosted by Iranian officials, that wine is served to comply with French custom?

[Nifster]

Good for France...Who knew that the cheese eating surrender monkeys could have more backbone than Germany and the US put together

[JoeProBono]

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m guessing the chef must have thrown a tantrum and bellowed that he’d just as soon serve Pop-Tarts and Pizza Rolls as serve Halal food.

[Cowboy Bob]

Where would these ragheads be without oil?

They wander the deserts for over 1,000 years and make no impact on the globe. Westerners discover oil beneath their feet...and now they think the would needs to bow and scrape to them.

I'm not a big advocate of alternative energy, but if oil were to become obsolete, these a-holes would just fade back into the sand dunes where they belong. They would piss away their money in a generation.

[reed13k]

What I can’t figure out is the Iranian guy did have Whine....

[MosesKnows]

Lunch between French and Iranian presidents canceled

Would you expect success considering their inability to reach a compromise regarding food and drink?

[dartuser]

France refused request to serve halal food and no wine

Coming from France, that is practically a declaration of war.

[Dr. Sivana]

who politely declined citing France’s “republican traditions” surrounding Elysée dinners.

Wine is not a "republican tradition". Its proper use and celebration has been part of western civilization including France for many centuries before any "republican traditions" were started up.

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[going hot]

Next thing you know, they will be arguing about the shape of the tables.