Article

2005-10-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

France says too early for sanctions against Syria

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred 2005-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Like watching France before the Iraq War: how long can one drag out doing nothing? How long can one parade catatonia as a sophisticated foreign policy position? How long can one hawk a farce as the truth? France will show the "international community" that it is world champion.

Posted by jules 2 2005-10-25 09:24|| 2005-10-25 09:24|| Front Page Top

#2 It's too early to call Hizbollah a terrorist organization too huh France, oh and don't forget the humanitarian Hamas, all good people who are only implicated by circumstantial evidence.

EP

Posted by Snigum Snomomble5295 2005-10-25 10:49|| 2005-10-25 10:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I dont think France his as against us as they seem. For one France, Germany have massive Muslim populations nearly the number percentage wise as african americans in the US. Just imagine if Africa was a insane radical Jihadi group and those groups were in the US in such numbers we would be rather carefull on what we did when it came to such. Look at america today we are really gun shy of race hell even New Orleans a freekin act of nature and local gov incompitence can be turned into a White devil act to take down the black man. With bombs and black helicopters and all.

Now in Europe their Muslims have the same minortiy victim mentality with extreme self induced poverty and white devel attitudes that make them vulneralble to insane conspiracy theories and open to radicalism. If France and Germany had joined us their would be daily or weekly bombings in EU. Today those same radicals go to Iraq were they are splattered on the streets killing Muslims which in turn make themselves more muslim enemies not supporters.

Thier hands are tied all they can do is play this good cop bad cop game with us to help. On Iraq I do think they went to far to try to stop us but not out of hatred or to counter us it was out of self preservation and Fear for good reason.

Posted by C-Low 2005-10-25 12:01|| 2005-10-25 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't trust my lying eyes, either.

Let's get real here, folks. France is an enemy country trying to build alliances with every corrupt Arab and African dictator and China to oppose les Anglo-Saxons on general principles.

If in the case of Syria they appear to be on our side, it is only a coincidence of which they are willing to take advantage, or a ruse intended to confuse us about the goals they consistently pursue.

We've got friends there, like JFM and A5089, but the French government and the majority of the people who elect them are not our friends. If it appears so, it is an illusion or coincidence. We should pursue our policies without regard to France. We should get our of NATO so they have less ability to spy on us. We should press for UNSC realignment with the French and British vetos replaced by an EU veto.

As to the US and Africa, yeah, we care /sarcasm. Blacks are not a voting block that matters. They vote democrat more reliably than feminazis. And nothing is doen about Africa. Sudan, Nigeria, ZimBobwe, Rwanda, the list goes on and on and nothing is done. So the Euro worry cannot be compared to the blacks in the US. Blacks can mouth off all they want to about levees being bombed in NOLA, but no one pays attention to them.

If the Euros were really concerned about their muslim minorities, they would assimilate them. But they can because they are pure blood tribal nations who cannot admit inferior humans. The Frogs are not playing good cop, bad cop with the US. They are playing good cop, bad cop with the Arabs against us.

Posted by Omamp Glailing1660 2005-10-25 12:13|| 2005-10-25 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 France has traditional ties to the Maronite community in Lebanon - stronger than its ties elsewhere in the arab world. Those ties, and French influence in Lebanon, are more important to France than weakening the US, which is only a subordinate goal of French foreign policy, IMO.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-10-25 13:28|| 2005-10-25 13:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey hey hey...

If we're supposed to do this "France is only coincidentally on our side" and "don't rely on France" thing, then what's the matter with letting them act 'against' Syria? I distinctly recall an article where SecState Rice herself is arguing for condemnation instead of sanctions in hopes of fine-controlling the fall of Baby Assad, not too much but not too far... for one, remember how sanctions were useless against Saddam?

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-10-25 16:34|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-10-25 16:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Hell, the French probably think it is too soon to call for sanctions against the Third Reich

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-10-25 18:03|| 2005-10-25 18:03|| Front Page Top

#8 So ChIraq is on Syria's payroll now?

How........ fitting.

Which failed ~~dictatorship~~ state in our gunsights will you back next, Jackie?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-10-25 21:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-10-25 21:41|| Front Page Top

00:03 crazyhorse
23:59 BigEd
23:55 CrazyFool
23:27 Oldspook
23:26 DMFD
23:25 Oldspook
23:21 Classical_Liberal
23:14 Phumble Threck4845
23:07 DMFD
23:04 Phumble Threck4845
23:00 trailing wife
22:55 trailing wife
22:54 Anonymoose
22:51 2b
22:46 trailing wife
22:44 Anonymoose
22:42 trailing wife
22:41 trailing wife
22:35 trailing wife
22:32 SC88
22:32 2b
22:25 Alaska Paul
22:19 phil_b
22:19 Alaska Paul