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2005-10-19 Europe
France, Venezuela Forge Strong Ties
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Posted by lotp 2005-10-19 12:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "Tonight on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, we'll take a look at the mating rituals of the common socialist weasel . . . ."
Posted by Mike 2005-10-19 12:51||   2005-10-19 12:51|| Front Page Top

#2 'Chaderton said Venezuela also "admired France's military infrastructure"'

Say no more.
Posted by DepotGuy 2005-10-19 12:56||   2005-10-19 12:56|| Front Page Top

#3 And Chavez arrived in Paris still smelling of Robert Mugabe's cologne...
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-10-19 13:07||   2005-10-19 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Yah know we look at Chiarc too closely and not whom he is fronting for. "Total" needs to be decapitated and spun into lots of little firms. It makes the old ITT look like saints.
Posted by 3dc 2005-10-19 14:31||   2005-10-19 14:31|| Front Page Top

#5 And France and Venezuela are both pretty chummy wioth China and the Arabs. Sounds like an axis forming.
Posted by Shinelet Unomotch8529 2005-10-19 14:57||   2005-10-19 14:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Who gets the reach-around tonight?
Posted by macofromoc 2005-10-19 15:12||   2005-10-19 15:12|| Front Page Top

#7 A very scary alliance is forming but they are showing their true colors. Chavez arrives in Paris after meeting with Berlusconi to deal with Chirac, De Villepin and Abbas, Hugo buys a Russian sub, Belgium, France, Germany play wargames, Mugabe hugs Chavez in Rome, and French harboring of Syrian bad guys, in addition to the Chinese and other ME ties. Something has them all uptight.
Posted by Danielle 2005-10-19 15:19||   2005-10-19 15:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Something has them all uptight

I think that might be us*. ;-)

*Us is meant to be broadly interpreted, of course.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-10-19 16:40||   2005-10-19 16:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, they're not worried about US but Oz. Andy maybe US too.
Posted by Glomosh Cligum7209 2005-10-19 16:43||   2005-10-19 16:43|| Front Page Top

#10 TW,
It's reassuring to know it is us, because I don't trust them.
Posted by Danielle 2005-10-19 16:54||   2005-10-19 16:54|| Front Page Top

#11 A 3rd rate country with 2nd rate friends trying to keep up with the cool countries. I'd worry more about Mexico.
Posted by Shipman 2005-10-19 20:07||   2005-10-19 20:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Mexico, a fourth rate country with fifth rate friends like Cuba.
Posted by Spurt Ebbaitle2957 2005-10-19 20:25||   2005-10-19 20:25|| Front Page Top

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