[Billthedrill]

Good news, actually. French diplomatic incompetence may will put an end to UN diplomatic incompetence. Nothing wrong with a "two-fer."

[The Wizard]

this is a false lead headline...I watched the presser and basically they called on Iraq to "get with the program" by 2-14

[MadIvan]

I'd never thought I'd see the day when France would burn their bridges so badly with any nation besides Britain. But they've done it. I doubt anyone in America is going to forget this treachery.

Regards, Ivan

[Dan Day]

"We haven't gone to the end, far from it...there is still an alternative to war," Chirac said after meeting Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen in Paris.

"...par exemple, nous pourrions la reddition immobile, qui n'a pas été essayée encore ", Chirac continued. ("for example, we could still surrender, that has not been tried yet".)

[tomahawk]

France is not an ally, it is an enemy. It is Saddam's ally.

[smith288]

France obviously is hiding something

[mlo]

"We haven't gone to the end, far from it...there is still an alternative to war,"

There is ALWAYS an alternative to war. It's never too late to surrender.

[RightWhale]

Those French are also concerned the American buildup in Guam! will cause the "mer de feu" in Seoul. It's been a while, but didn't the decay of the West begin in France about the middle of the 19th century? Of course, nobody can do decadence like the French.

[Thorondir]

Oh, gosh. The French spectator walked out of the theater? Oh, well, on with the show!

[T Lady]

Wah, wah Pierre!

Are these people nuts or something? Or just greedy?

...At this point it's probably a toss-up.

-Regards, T.

[T Lady]

Wah, wah Pierre!

Are these people nuts or something? Or just greedy?

...At this point it's probably a toss-up.

-Regards, T.

[lawgirl]

Hey France:

[steve-b]

This is a particularly outrageous action when one considers that the only reason they have a veto is the absurd fiction that they were a co-equal partner with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain in defeating the Axis.

It's like giving a permanent veto to Norway. Hell, the Norwegians, who put up a better fight and hanged Quisling by the neck until dead right after their liberation, were more deserving than the French, who rolled over quickly and let Petain off with a prison term.