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Mark Steyn: French opposed to war--unless it's their own
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| Februari 02 2003
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 02/02/2003 5:43:07 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
He nails it again. Brilliant!! Thanks for posting.
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posted on
02/02/2003 5:49:58 AM PST
by
speedy
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To: knighthawk
The French war in the Ivory Coast is nothing more than a war for chocolate.
It's all about the chocolate!
No more war for chocolate!
To: knighthawk
Holy Cow! Is that true? It's enormous. Amazing I didn't read a thing about it.
Overlooked in last week's fuss about Gerhard Schroeder's and Chirac's thumbs-down to Bush was the real meat of their confab: the proposal to merge their countries' citizenship.
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posted on
02/02/2003 6:18:54 AM PST
by
DManA
To: DManA
Yep. True. Big power play to control the EU.
To: knighthawk
Does anyone seriesly believe a Franco-German super state can long endure?
We're talking oil and water here folks!
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posted on
02/02/2003 6:38:00 AM PST
by
ricpic
To: DManA
the proposal to merge their countries' citizenship
The last two leaders to try that- Hitler
- Napoleon
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posted on
02/02/2003 7:03:46 AM PST
by
reg45
To: knighthawk
"If he [Saddam] nuked Montpelier (Vermont), Chirac would insist that Bush needed to get a strong Security Council resolution before responding. If he nuked Montpellier (France), Iraq would be a crater by lunchtime."This really sums up the Iraq issue in a nice bow!
"This time round, who knows? But through it all France is admirably upfront in its unilateralism: It reserves the right to treat francophone Africa as its colonies, Middle Eastern dictators as its clients, the European Union as a Greater France and the UN as a kind of global condom to prevent the spread of the American virus. All this it does shamelessly and relatively effectively. It's time the rest of the West was so clear-sighted."
Yep, this bears repeating.
To: Real Cynic No More
"If he [Saddam] nuked ...."
But that's the whole point of the US/Allies acting now - so that this situation WON'T EVER be given a chance to happen!
To: knighthawk
The first question to ask yourself is: Is Bush serious about war? If your answer is yes, the next question is: Will he win that war? Answer: Yes, and very quickly. ... So the next question is: How will the Iraqi people feel about it? Answer: They'll be dancing in the streets.
The last question I would ask would be: What do we stand to lose when the truth about Iraq's WMD program is exposed? Answer: Lots.
The French will protest, kick, scream, and fight us to the last resolution before we go in for real. To steal a phrase, "Few love to see the evil they love to sell."
To: knighthawk
Steyn is his usual incisive self. Not too many people are aware that French primacy is all that matters to the French.
The French blackmailed the US into supporting its repacification and recolonization efforts in Vietnam -- our entry to that incredible disaster -- as the price of their participation in NATO. Later, when they realized they'd be very junior partners in the Atlantic Alliance, they withdrew most of the way even from that, while America was stuck with the bag in Southeast Asia.
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posted on
02/02/2003 8:56:38 AM PST
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fporretto
(Curmudgeon Emeritus, Palace of Reason)
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FYI.
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posted on
02/02/2003 8:57:01 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: Steel Wolf
When France calls Bush to get in on the action, I hope he doesn't take the call.
And then I hope he holds them to the outrageous contract they have right this second for Iraqi oil, while the rest of the world pays lower prices.
Time to smack the French. I'm sick of them.
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posted on
02/02/2003 8:58:26 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: ricpic
"We're talking oil and water here folks!" Sauerkraut and Bordeaux would be a more apt simile...
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posted on
02/02/2003 9:06:41 AM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE.)
To: reg45
And both of them succeeded. It was when they tried to grab the rest of the world that they came up short.
Come to think of it, the main sticking points both times were Russia and Britain. If Chirac and Schroeder steer clear of them, it might actually work.
To: knighthawk
Brilliant analysis.
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posted on
02/02/2003 1:59:26 PM PST
by
BenR2
((John 3:16: Still True Today.))
To: knighthawk
The difference is that the government of the Ivory Coast invited them in.
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posted on
02/02/2003 8:50:26 PM PST
by
gd124
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