[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...

[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.

[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.

[b4its2late]

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

[DeuceTraveler]

I hope the French get some of that nerve back so we can watch the UN die the death it richly deserves. Most of those countries can't run their own people, why do they want to impose their 'wisdom' onto others.

[white trash redneck]

French second thoughts about opposing the war on Iraq have nothing to do with the rightness of deposing Saddam, and everything to do with fear that documents will show how they have helped Iraq cheat on sanctions and obtain weapons, and concern that they will be cut out of the post war Iraq oil trade.

Q: What do you call a Frenchman advancing on Iraq?

A: A salesman.

[Arpege92]

It doesn't matter what the french do because the damage is done. They hate us even if they don't veto or abstain and that has been made very clear. Trusting the french is something we can't afford to ever count on and I certainly don't ever want to see another American lose their life just to save a useless cowardly country!

[Loser3]

let them sit there and eat cheese

[I Am Not A Mod]

Free Republic Highlights, 2/27/03

[Siobhan]

Never mind these little voices.

Time for France to sink.

Cancel all contracts with them. Boycott all French goods. Revoke all French citizen Green Cards and other permits.

And do the same to Canada and Mexico -- and also militarize the borders.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

"We are not going to break the United Nations and Europe just to save a tyrant," he said, referring to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Understatement of the Year(tm).

Yes, isn't it strange that some countries in Europe want to throw their relationship with the US in the trash, and take the UN and NATO with it, all for a mass murderer and child torturer. Hope they enjoy their soon-to-be lower standard of living because of it. Morons.