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2006-08-03 Europe
Chirac returns to the world stage and makes the fur fly
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Posted by ryuge 2006-08-03 01:01|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Paraphrasing a famous utterance:

"Can someone rid us of this meddlesome amphibian politico?"
Posted by twobyfour 2006-08-03 01:32||   2006-08-03 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Once again, Jacques Chirac is supporting his Arab friends, and opposing the US. Chirac is (or should be) well known for kissing a lot of Arab leaders: in 1975, he welcomed Saddam Hussein in Paris with a cheerful "you are my personal friend" (and the next day, he sold him the nuclear plant Osirak); he has met very often with the arch-terrorist Arafat, and when this ugly-faced Arafat died in Paris in November 2004, he ordered his body to be treated with the same respect that the one of a President of the State deserves (trumpets by the French National Guard, Prime Minister Raffarin standing at attention before his coffin, and so on); he has warmly received in Paris Bachar el-Assad in June 2001; in fact, it would be faster to tell which Arab dictator Jacques Chirac hasn't courted and coaxed.

The most telling is that, in 2004, Chirac invited to the Francophonie Summit (that was staged in Beyrouth)... the leader of the Hezbollah, Nasraleh himself! He shook hands with Nasralah, and had this terrorist leader seated at the same table, right next to him...

So, no wonder why Chirac is asking for an immediate ceasefire: he wants to give Hezbollah time to heal its wounds and to rearm before any international force arrives in Lebanon.

Your actions are as ugly as was Arafat face, Mr. Chirac!
Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid  2006-08-03 01:56||   2006-08-03 01:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Concerning the fact that "M. Chirac is worried that a false step could feed unrest in France’s Muslim-dominated housing estates" (this has been reported in France too), any normal human being (so, not a supporter of the French "Arab policy") will be amazed to see the President of a democratic country modeling his international policy in accordance with the behaviour of muslims gangs, and the policy of a whole country taken hostage by rioters.
Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid  2006-08-03 02:13||   2006-08-03 02:13|| Front Page Top

#4 "M. Chirac is worried that a false step could feed unrest in France’s Muslim-dominated housing estates"

It's at times like these, I'm reminded of something said around the time of the beginning of the Iraq war;


US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that France would face consequences for its opposition to the war in Iraq as senior aides to President George W. Bush met to consider ways to express Washington's anger. Asked in an interview whether Paris would be punished for its anti-war stance, Powell replied bluntly: "Yes." "We have to take a look at the relationship. We have to look at all aspects of our relationship with France in light of this," he told PBS television.


Details here.

If Chirac is worried about a false step, I'd be keeping an eye out for banana skins. After all his Ambassador to the Court of St. James did call Israel "that shitty little country", and they are rather heavily involved in all this...

I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that those sneaky Joooos wanted some payback ;)
Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-08-03 05:03||   2006-08-03 05:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Chirac is an arrogant prima donna foppish fool.
Posted by Whaling Unomoger7693 2006-08-03 07:16||   2006-08-03 07:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Translating "M Chirac is worried that a false step could feed unrest in France’s Muslim-dominated housing estates." from french diplomatic speak into english.
"M Chirac is premptively surrendering to France’s Muslims."
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-08-03 07:24||   2006-08-03 07:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Chirac is president of france. Currently the number one song in france is Coup de Boule (known as the head-butt song). Do you think that Chirac helped inspire this song in that he doesn't know his head from his butt?
Posted by Whaling Unomoger7693 2006-08-03 07:39||   2006-08-03 07:39|| Front Page Top

#8 How cynical these comments are regarding France/Chirac's motives. I don't believe this is about the world stage nor muslim gangs; France's motivations have never changed since the Phoencians invented money. There are bribes to be had.
Posted by regular joe 2006-08-03 09:15||   2006-08-03 09:15|| Front Page Top

#9 I say we have a UNSC vote to strip France of their veto and give it to India.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-08-03 10:37||   2006-08-03 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Right now, the more vetos floating about, the longer Israel will have before it has to bluntly tell the world that this time they aren't stopping until it's done.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-03 11:00||   2006-08-03 11:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Nobody takes this clown seriously anymore. He's a joke in France, the U.S., Iran, Iceland, Burundi ......
Posted by DoDo 2006-08-03 11:28||   2006-08-03 11:28|| Front Page Top

#12  a false step could feed unrest in France’s Muslim-dominated housing estates.

I guess "housing estates" must be French for ghetto's, right?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg  2006-08-03 11:30||   2006-08-03 11:30|| Front Page Top

#13 They the suburban housing estates are unwalled ghettos, FOTSGreg. They were always intended to be so.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-03 11:45||   2006-08-03 11:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Meanwhile, France's rep to the UN now says he's not as hopeful of getting a resolution through the UNSC in the next week or two (see above RB link). Maybe, just maybe, France is now playing along w/ the good cop/bad cop routine and we're ALL giving Israel the time it needs to finish the job???? One can hope.
Posted by BA 2006-08-03 12:36||   2006-08-03 12:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure".

Rush Limbaugh: "As far as France is concerned, you're right."
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-03 15:33||   2006-08-03 15:33|| Front Page Top

#16 "France's motivations have never changed since the Phoencians invented money. There are bribes to be had."

Ouch, #8 rj. That's gonna leave a mark. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-08-03 15:53|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-08-03 15:53|| Front Page Top

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