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| France threatens war on Iraq... |
| 2002-11-12 |
| WARNING: Don't read this if you're drinking coffee... France has made its strongest statement of support yet for military action against Iraq. French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said that if President Saddam Hussein fails to comply with the Security Council resolution on inspection and disarmament, force will inevitably be used against Baghdad. Did he say by whom? During more than four weeks of argument with the United States about the resolution, France consistently argued that it should not give automatic authorisation for military action. In an interview on France Inter radio, Mr de Villepin noted that Saddam Hussein now knew perfectly well what would happen if he did not comply with the resolution. Despite Mr de Villepin's comments, it is still presumably the French Government's position that the Security Council should take the final decision on military action. Washington's view is that that isn't necessary, and indeed the resolution doesn't say it is. Funny, how they forgot to put that in... See? I warned you about drinking coffee. You can get a new keyboard fairly cheap here. Thanks to Jussi for the headzup! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Their idea of "force" is to suspend Sammies subscription to Le Monde and reduce his ration of Gauloises to a pack a day. Give me a break, a Frog talking tough? Must be bad cork. |
| Posted by: Jack 2002-11-13 10:56:24 |
| #4 Nice idea, Brian, except that the French idea of "urban warfare" was to declare Paris an open city. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-11-12 21:32:49 |
| #3 If I were Franks, I'd put them in front of the US advance directly into Baghdad. That way, we can have them do the urban warfare. When the body bags return home, there goes NATO! Sacrebleu, it's brilliant. |
| Posted by: Brian 2002-11-12 19:33:10 |
| #2 They're just trying to keep their money. Much easier to keep all those debts and contracts when you're a Bonafide Ally than when you're a backstabbing opportunist. Nothing to see here, move along. |
| Posted by: Tripartite 2002-11-12 14:15:54 |
| #1 Fuckin' frogs... |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-11-12 11:44:51 |