[WriteOn]

It would be nice to see the god-less EU crumble early on...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

E. Europe can tie themselves to Socialism again or go with US.

[inquest]

"It is not really responsible behavior," he told a news conference. "It is not well brought up behavior. They missed a good opportunity to keep quiet."

I wonder how many Eastern European prime ministers were thinking of giving him a wedgie at that point.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

As I posted earlier, I am boycotting these idiots, and I emailed the French embassy here in the U.S. and told them so...and I was going to send my parents to France this summer (now it's going to be a somewhere else in Europe).

[Mike Darancette]

No there is an oxymoron - French Bully".

[Numbers Guy]

"We will not discuss pro-American or anti-American positions"

Note that the Greek sleazeball did not say "we will not discuss pro-war or anti-war positions". In his attempt to spin his position, he hit upon the truth. This has nothing to do with opposing a war and has everything to do with opposing America.

As for Jacques, I find it amusing that a government that complains about American bullying attempts to bully other governments.

[Sparta]

That strong smell is the smell of French irrelevance.

[ladyinred]

I know someone else who missed a golden opportunity to keep quiet.

[Defender2]

That's just Chirac showing his true Socialists/Communists side. Remember the French fought alongside the Russians during the Second World War and still suffer Socialistic tendencies. He can't stand the fact that the new former east block countries now belonging to NATO truly are now beginning to enjoy their freedoms that they did not possess under Soviet domination. So for France.....Tough Sh*t!!!!

[Arkinsaw]

Chirac is basically threatening that the French Parliament might not ratify their membership in an effort to bully them into shutting up. Perhaps now those countries understand what EU membership is going to be like.

The "pygmy" nations need to gather round one another and start telling France what to do. They will, after all, have the votes to do so if they stick together. I wonder how long France will remain so gung-ho for EU power when it is not they who are weilding it. They might even walk out in a huff ala NATO.

[desertcry]

chirac has cracked!

[Pinch]

Andrew Stuttaford on NationalReview.com had the ideal words for these comments (in part):

There is, it has to be admitted, more than a touch of the ethics of Vichy and the Occupation in Chirac's suggestion that a discreet silence might be the most appropriate way to behave in the face of a difficult political and moral challenge.

_end_

SO true. So many out there choose the Old Europe (or in our case the Clintonesque) approach to hard choices and difficult challenges - ignore it and it will go away. Thank God President Bush has the cojones to meet these challenges head on and to make the difficult choices that need to be made.

[dogbyte12]

Useful phrases to post on French websites, or irc chat rooms

Combien d'hommes français prend-il pour défendre Paris ? Réponse : Personne ne sait. Elle n'a été jamais essayée.
Est-ce que les rues de Paris garnies des arbres sont-elles ainsi les soldats allemands peuvent marcher plus confortablement à la nuance
L'euro Disney a dû arrêter les affichages de feux d'artifice parce que chaque fois que ils sont allés au loin, Chirac se rendrait aux touristes d'Allemagne.
Pouvez-vous vraiment dire un soldat français est-vous un vétéran par le coup de soleil sous ses aisselles ?
En vente : Fusils français. Presque nouveau. Seulement laissé tomber une fois dans la crainte.
La plupart des gosses français peuvent-ils tracer leur ascendance de nouveau à un grand-père allemand de la guerre mondiale 2 ?
Bonjour, fromage d'ya mangeant des singes de reddition !
Quand Le Pen et Chirac conviennent sur quelque chose. Vous savez que c'est erroné.
Oui, vous soldat allemand viril ! Les réfugiés juifs se cachent dans le sous-sol. Laissez-moi vous montrer la manière !

[tophat9000]

bump

[DontMessWithMyCountry]

"It is not really responsible behavior," he told a news conference. "It is not well brought up behavior. They missed a good opportunity to keep quiet."

What a supercilious, pompous, patronizing piece of French cheese-scum Chirac is! The sheer audacity of referring to the other members as nothing more than CHILDREN! They ought to kick his a$$ from here to kingdom come.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

France and Germany are now both National Socialists. They have just redefined their "nationalism" to be multi-lingual.

[Ganndy]

Remember Frankfurters; Now called Hotdogs?

Think about French Fries; Lets call 'em Freedom Fries!

Out

[jws3sticks]

Here is a quality true photograph of Jacques Chirac, Le President de France, in all his anal glory!

[Sloth]

"Concerning the candidate countries Turkey, honestly I felt they we acted frivolously because entry into the European Union NATO implies a minimum of understanding for the others," Chirac told reporters...