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| France's fence-mending missionary |
| 2003-04-01 |
| Dominique de Villepin stepped into the lion's den in London when he came to deliver a lecture to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a bastion of the British military-political establishment. The French Foreign Minister soothed the British with promises of mending friendships after the war, obligatory references to "shared values" and wartime alliances, even invoking the spirit of De Gaulle and Churchill. He looked ahead to a world in which the Security Council took decisions "by consensus" without saying what should happen if there was none. Presumably nothing. If something happened, it wouldn't be the UN, would it? One thing he did emphasise. The UN should take control of Iraq after the war. His words were: "The UN must be at the heart of the reconstruction and administration of Iraq. The legitimacy of our action depends on it. We must come together to build peace together." As Tonto was reputed to have said, "What you mean 'we', white man?" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 --soothed the British with promises-- Uh, oh, the anglo-saxon heathens are upset. Must calm the kiddies down for their own good. And much like 1441, promises they don't intend to keep. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-01 22:11:45 |
| #4 Sorry, you slimy pimp. No French need apply. And pass the word to that midget at the UN. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-01 21:33:42 |
| #3 Anything less than the abject humiliation of this arrogant prick as well as Chirac will be self-defeating. An example has to be made. No French involvement and full cancellation of all deals prior to liberation. Expose all Sanctions-busting trade and WMD's. Once Chirac is out of office, he's exposed to prosecution for bribery charges |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-01 18:36:24 |
| #2 There's been a steady, but interesting transition of the Franco-Germans position vis-a-vis post-war Iraq. About a two weeks back: "You swine will come crawling back to us and the UN after the war! You will need us! We will make you grovel for our help and you'll be sorry then!" About a week back: "We demand to be a part of the administration of Iraq! You cannot deny us our right to participate!" Now: "Oh, please, please, pretty please! Let us be a part of post-war Iraq!" |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-04-01 17:34:14 |
| #1 The cheese eating, surrender monkeys who lost their stinking country twice in the last century want to reap the spoils of war without putting anything at risk. Send this Perrier swilling waiter back to the bordello he came from! |
| Posted by: Doug De Bono 2003-04-01 17:15:17 |