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2003-02-18 Europe

Chirac pledges to ~~veto~~ oppose new resolution

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Posted by Steve White 2003-02-18 09:16 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Kofi laid it on the line, Bertie agreed, and Chirac open mouth and inserted both feet.

Just hope it's in time to save Blair, although I do not agree w/his policies.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-18 00:48:18|| 2003-02-18 00:48:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I am reminded of french friendliness towards Bob...
The way things are heading (esp. with Chirac lambasting the Vilnius Group), Bob may be France's best and only friend come summer.

Maybe Chirac should start proclaiming his fondness for Daffy Duck. That'd get them another new friend.

Posted by Dishman 2003-02-18 00:50:58|| 2003-02-18 00:50:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Headline is wrong: Chirac promised to "oppose" it, not veto. Ha.

Posted by someone 2003-02-18 02:53:53|| 2003-02-18 02:53:53|| Front Page Top

#4 As usual, I don't think the French are interested in friendship. What would the most progressive, morally superior and culturally sohisticated country on the planet need with friends? You get some idea of the breathtaking arrogance involved from Chirac's threats to the Eastern half of the continent. They want their EU Empire back, 'cause they are watching it slip out of their fingers.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-02-18 03:36:03|| 2003-02-18 03:36:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Headline is wrong: Chirac promised to "oppose" it, not veto. Ha.

Good catch. Chirac seems to be self-destructing, but perhaps he has left himself a little weasel room. We can always hope!

Posted by becky 2003-02-18 06:50:04|| 2003-02-18 06:50:04|| Front Page Top

#6 For Becky and 'someone', the headline was correct. Click on the source and you'll see that the Al-Guardian uses the word 'veto' both in the title and in the first paragraph. But perhaps Chirac meant to say 'oppose'. After all, the French are incomprehensible!

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-18 10:05:17|| 2003-02-18 10:05:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Aargh, that last anon comment was me. My bad.

Posted by Steve White 2003-02-18 10:07:05|| 2003-02-18 10:07:05|| Front Page Top

#8 He said literally "La France ne pourrait que l'opposer" (France could only oppose it).

Posted by Peter 2003-02-18 14:10:58|| 2003-02-18 14:10:58|| Front Page Top

#9 There will be no second resolution until after the Marines are in Iraq. GW already has a plurality of support for war, and Blair made his stand on Sunday facing down the party and protestors. The diplomacy is over. Chirac knows this (and so does Saddam for that matter), and he has to support the next resolution because Kofi needs it, and Chirac needs it for the UN to live another day. Kissing off a veto vote at the UN over a done deal would mean the end of Chirac, and all the sordid stories would start to leak/appear.

Posted by john 2003-02-18 15:32:00|| 2003-02-18 15:32:00|| Front Page Top

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