(French Lawmakers)Concern Grows Over French-U.S. Relations

AP | 2/27/03 | KIM HOUSEGO

[Dog Gone]

Wow, some frenchlings get it.

[zarf]

Some voices of French sanity crawling out from under their truffles.

[ImpBill]

More surrender monkeys. "Up the French!" Who needs them?

[Maceman]

What I'm hearing here is that the French will not vote to go to war, but won't have the stones to use their veto.

Too bad. I was rather looking forward to a French veto so that we could get a twofer in this war: oust Saddam and destroy the UN.

Now it's looking like in the end French cowardice (too chicken to use their veto) will save the UN after all. Rats.

[Mamzelle]

re: Ahead of the debate, an influential pro-American UMP lawmaker Pierre Lellouche told French radio: "We are not going to shoot them (the Americans) in the back." )))

No American is stupid enough to turn his back towards a *frenchman*! We know well the behavior of treacherous, feeble, cowards...

[DB]

"We are not going to break the United Nations and Europe just to save a tyrant"

The tyrant is done regardless of what you do. You're only destroying yourself. Have at it...

[DB]

They've already blown all their amo shooting at us. Who cares how they vote now. It won't change a thing.

[quesera]

Wow, some frenchlings get it.

Au contraire, they still don't get it at all. But they are not entirely stupid, what they are seing is the consequence of a veto against the U.S. in the upcoming vote at the U. N. Their laundry bill must be skyrocketing lately going through so many pantalettes per day, being on the sh*t list of the U.S. is not something one looks forward to.

[OldFriend]

I saw a great toaster in a catalog and was about to place my order when I saw that it was French made. So, I decided not to order. We can make a difference. I see that some French shops are hurting big time from a lack of business.

[Consort]

Maybe the EU should have one vote just like the US has one vote.

[RobbyS]

Opposition Socialist and Communist leaders, however, who stridently oppose war, have repeatedly urged the government to veto any resolution paving the way for military strikes.

The same maggots are the core of Schroeder's support also. But I "disrepect" maggots by making this comparison: THEY eliminate putrification; THESE guys cause it.

[eureka!]

I think it is too late for the fromage manging cowards who place francs before what is good for the world. France has burnt a bridge with a lot of Americans. I, for one, am again checking labels and will never buy a French product again...

[The Toad]

"We have taken into account the concern about not uselessly breaking relations with the United States," Barrot also told the paper. "We are not going to get to the point of getting into an argument with Western democracies."

Looks like they're a little late. At this point, they've lost the public relations war here in the US and have again distanced themselves a little farther away. Too little, too late.

[A2J]

No American is stupid enough to turn his back towards a *frenchman*! We know well the behavior of treacherous, feeble, cowards...

No need to worry. After all, turning your back on a Frenchman means that you will be back-to-back with him as you head towards the battle and he runs from it.

[RayChuang88]

I know why the French are beginning to backtrack--they are worried about American economic sanctions that could REALLY put the hurt on the French economy. Airbus Industrie--based in Toulouse in southern France--is the only competitor to Boeing for commercial airplane orders. The thing that scares the French is nearly 40% of parts of an Airbus airliner are sourced from American companies, including the jet engines. If the Americans say non to supplying airplane components to Airbus, Airbus' production line will screech to a halt in less than a week. That would be a economic and political disaster on an unprecedented scale, to say the least.

[ARCADIA]

French cowardice (too chicken to use their veto)

That's how I read it, too. Basically, they may just start surrendering their "principles" soon.

[b4its2late]

My screen name may not even be appropriate for France. It may be too late for them to kiss and make up...

[ARCADIA]

French cowardice (too chicken to use their veto)

That's how I read it, too. Basically, they may just start surrendering their "principles" soon.

[expatpat]

Too bad. I was rather looking forward to a French veto so that we could get a twofer in this war: oust Saddam and destroy the UN.

Me, too. The second would be even better than the first!