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2005-01-06 International-UN-NGOs

Chiraq opens his yap and it's going to cost US big time

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Posted by anonymous2U 2005-01-06 12:37:37 PM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "President Jacques Chirac was reported to be growing increasingly concerned that U.S. aid efforts were designed to circumvent the United Nations in potentially damaging ways."

He noticed that? Wow, maybe he's not as stupid as I thought he was.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-01-06 12:45:09 PM|| 2005-01-06 12:45:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 When you speak of response to anything, you are talking ships and planes.... i.e.... airlift capacity, etc. Maybe it will happen in the E.U., in 10 to 25 years, but I seriously doubt it. (It will NEVER HAPPEN in the U.N. because Thugs cannot steal that money easily if it goes for airlift).

The E.U. has NO airlift capacity to speak of. Canada's use of commercial planes to move their DART group is another example.

Posted by leaddog2 2005-01-06 12:49:52 PM|| 2005-01-06 12:49:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 that's cool. We'll just have them house the effort in France or somewhere other than here, and we'll have to look at restructuring the financing aspects...as it wouldn't be proper to have the blood money from the US financing the adventure. I smell opportunity here!

Posted by 2b 2005-01-06 12:57:52 PM|| 2005-01-06 12:57:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Chirac has become a comic book villain, spending every available minute trying to scheme against the US. Does he actually run a country, or does he spend all of his time concocting bizarre conspiracies to try and undermine his arch-enemy? Is he like The Joker, obsessed with Batman? Dr Doom to the Fantastic Four? Kingpin, enemy of Daredevil and Spiderman? Snidely Whiplash?

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-06 1:02:27 PM|| 2005-01-06 1:02:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 FUCK chirac, FUCK the u.n., FUCK phrancistan(formerly known as france).

Posted by Dudley Doright 2005-01-06 2:12:49 PM|| 2005-01-06 2:12:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Now that's a GOOD analogy.

Perhaps he's more like Syndrone, because other than his obsession, he doesn't really have anything.

Thankfully he doesn't have giant robots or zero-point energy. Hopefully if he gets that far we can make sure he also winds up with a cape...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-01-06 4:11:07 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-01-06 4:11:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Captain Ahab commanding the Charles de Gaulle?

Posted by Raj 2005-01-06 4:31:15 PM|| 2005-01-06 4:31:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Remember the scene in the Michael Keaton Batman movie, where The Joker dresses up like a mime to assassinate a mob boss? I can imagine Chirac as that Frenchified mime Joker, but a still from the movie would be nice.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-06 6:06:59 PM|| 2005-01-06 6:06:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Helen....place this article in our file cabinet under the heading of "wet dream"

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-06 7:17:23 PM|| 2005-01-06 7:17:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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