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| Middle East |
| Frenchies suggest foreign troops |
| 2002-04-04 |
Something like UNIFIL, no doubt... "France has long been in favour of the deployment of international observers," the French ambassador to the United Nations, Jean-David Levitte, told the council in a public session. That's 'cuz they make you look like you're doing something, even if you're not... "Perhaps we should go further, and seriously consider the deployment of an interposition force to help with the implementation of the Security Council resolutions," he added. "The question deserves to be asked." Which Frenchy division did you have in mind? He did not say what kind of force he had in mind. Wotta surprise. He was thinking, maybe, an American division. That way no Frenchies would be cannon fodder, and the French taxpayers could continue sending their money to Paris and Brussels. But putting it under Euro officers would restrain those cowboy impulses... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |