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2007-03-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
France still sees diplomatic way out of Iran nuclear crisis
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Posted by Steve White 2007-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 WORLDTRIBUNE > Both IRAN + RUSSIA have a common prob in that both IRAN + Russian consortium ala BESHEHR nuke plant HAVE NO MONEY, ergo Iran wants delivery of nuclear fuel and techs while Russia wants the $$$ first???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-03-12 00:14||   2007-03-12 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 IF Iran is out of money there is none to be slipped to France so why does France care?
Posted by 3dc 2007-03-12 02:00||   2007-03-12 02:00|| Front Page Top

#3 3dc---France does business with Iran, so when things get better, they are in the catbird seat again. Remember it was France that let the Ayutollah C***hola Komeni live in exile until the Shah was deposed. Just like they cuddled up to Sammy in Iraq. The French govt likes lucrative business contracts with despots.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2007-03-12 02:06||   2007-03-12 02:06|| Front Page Top

#4 We need a graphic of a waving white flag so we can include it whenever we post an article on France.

Al
Posted by Frozen Al 2007-03-12 11:28||   2007-03-12 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 
We need a graphic of a waving white flag so we can include it whenever we post an article on France.


Jean Maridor, crashed his Hawker Tempest on a V1 heading to hospital. Source (Tempest over Europe by Coommander Beamont).
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-03-12 12:28||   2007-03-12 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 France still sees a diplomatic way out of the Napoleonic Wars.
Posted by Infidel Bob 2007-03-12 12:42||   2007-03-12 12:42|| Front Page Top

#7 France’s policy is centred on ‘firmness and dialogue’ ...

France's policies are about as firm as a subject in a Salvador Dali painting.
Posted by xbalanke 2007-03-12 13:32||   2007-03-12 13:32|| Front Page Top

#8 JFM,
That's very brave, but it's also 60+ years ago. The French were also very brave at Verdun, but unfortunately anyone with any balls died in the trenches.

Al
Posted by Frozen Al 2007-03-12 13:49||   2007-03-12 13:49|| Front Page Top

#9 hell never would have guessed this one. i didn.t even have too read it it has been done so many times
Posted by sinse 2007-03-12 14:49||   2007-03-12 14:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, I guess full surrender IS technically a diplomatic way out...
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-03-12 16:10||   2007-03-12 16:10|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by doc 2007-03-12 17:16||   2007-03-12 17:16|| Front Page Top

#12 At Dien Bien Phu, weel after it became evident that it had become death-trap (BTW Dein Bien Phu full idea was about as bright as the 1940 campaign) there were people who had never jumped in their life, volunteering for a combat jump in the cauldron.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-03-12 19:07||   2007-03-12 19:07|| Front Page Top

#13 The problems the French Army faced in the latter stages of their involvement in Vietnam were very much like our on expierience. Mounting opposition at home, dwindling support for the war from the French Government, press coverage much like our own. We were giving the French military support but the climate at home for them was too much. We didn't do much better.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2007-03-12 20:00||   2007-03-12 20:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Considering this is talking about the French government, rather than soldiers, I think the white flag is appropriate.
Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2007-03-12 22:19|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2007-03-12 22:19|| Front Page Top

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