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2003-03-12 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-12 04:11 pm|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Did you hear that? We won. Let's pack up and leave. How stupid does he think we are? Bastard.

Posted by RW 2003-03-12 03:38:16|| 2003-03-12 03:38:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Iraq owes France a lot of money. If a new Iraq goverment comes to power that dislikes France, how are they going to collect?

Posted by bernardz 2003-03-12 04:17:17|| 2003-03-12 04:17:17|| Front Page Top

#3 France's largest miscalculation was that Americans, like in the past, wouldn't notice or care about what's going on. But after 9-11 so many Americans took to the net and found so many sources of information that didn't need to go thru the CNN status-quo filter. Americans now are paying so much attention and they won't forget.

Posted by g wiz 2003-03-12 09:00:45|| 2003-03-12 09:00:45|| Front Page Top

#4 GW, make this pompous winbag bastard pay! Make him pay big! F**k France! When a bunch of Muslim scumbags put a plane into the Eiffel Tower, maybe he'll figure out how we feel. But we all know that will never happen. This guy is amongst their best friends.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-12 09:53:14|| 2003-03-12 09:53:14|| Front Page Top

#5 tu3031,

About the only consolation I find in this entire sorry state of affairs is that Chirac's "best friends" will one day thank their benefactor by doing something very awful to France. For the islamofascists France is just a means to conquer world domination. They'll deal with it after it served its purposes. Unfortunately, Chirac may not be around anymore when that day comes, since he is already 70 years old.

Posted by Peter 2003-03-12 10:26:17|| 2003-03-12 10:26:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I really don't think NATO is a casualty. It's just being reworked as we "speak." Wonder what the rules are to get booted.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-12 10:33:07|| 2003-03-12 10:33:07|| Front Page Top

#7 What goes around comes around. Chiraq has made a major miscalculation and he and his country will pay dearly for that. I am sure that he has the faith and promise of his arab buddies. We 'Mercans will take alot of abuse, ridicule, etc. but there will come a saturation point, which is fast approaching. Chiraq has taken advantage of the UN forum and has milked it for all it is worth. With the promise of a French veto, there is absolutely no space for compromise. One does not negotiate with a gun to ones head. Somebody has to blink, back down, or be standing on the platform while the train pulls away. Bush does not sent a quarter of a million troops and all their equipment and the strain on our economy to the Iraqi theatre for nothing. This show is on the road and will be starting soon. With or without the UN, with or without the UK troops, and definitely without France.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-12 10:44:01|| 2003-03-12 10:44:01|| Front Page Top

#8 What gets my blood boiling is that they keep saying the inspections are working because of the American & British (& Aussie) troops at Iraq's borders. So where are the French troops??? Practicing surrender tactics at home?

Posted by RW 2003-03-12 10:51:54|| 2003-03-12 10:51:54|| Front Page Top

#9 "France, very obviously, will have its place" as an invited participant in Iraq's reconstruction.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. (Wipes tears from eyes). You really think so, mon ami? And who's going to invite you? If I wasn't so deliriouly looking forward to watching you proven sooooo wrong, I'd like smack that arrogant smile off your smug face.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-12 10:52:00|| 2003-03-12 10:52:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Re: French role in post was Iraq - our quote should be "we will give France all the consideration it deserves" (similar to a put down Spock made to McCoy once

Posted by mhw 2003-03-12 11:55:59|| 2003-03-12 11:55:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Dissidentfrogman has this (partial post)

Be advised that the teacher's book is nothing less than the manual destined to guide the teachers, civil servants of the Ministry of Education, in their duty.

Â« "We'll demonstrate that there are two camps in the world:
- One is imperialist and antidemocratic (USA)
- The other is anti-imperialist and democratic (USSR),

and we'll precise their goals:
- World domination by crushing the anti-imperialist camp (USA)
- Struggle against imperialism and fascism, reinforcement of democracy (USSR)." Â»

Don't feel like disgorging yet?

Okay, grab a doggy bag, a toilet bowl or your stepmother's sleeping bag 'cause I'm going to tell you when this book was published.

Ready?

Okay.

1980.

1-9-8-0.

Go get a glass of water, wipe up your mouth. Sorry for the annoyance.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-12 12:12:43|| 2003-03-12 12:12:43|| Front Page Top

#12 So where are the French troops???

Not sure about the army, but half of the French navy was in the Carrribean last week. I saw them with my own two eyes.

I guess the Med is too close to the action for them.

Posted by Parabellum 2003-03-12 12:15:04|| 2003-03-12 12:15:04|| Front Page Top

#13 The pure obnoxious and egocentrical way the Frenchies are thumbing their nose at the US is sickening. Even worse is the way Bush has handled the matter "they will still be our friends". Personally, I think Bush should make it extremely clear to the French that there will be hell to pay when this thing is over. But for the Frenchies, there would be no division in the world concerning the stance against Iraq. But the overly calm approach in which Chirac says he will excercise his veto and without US retribution is more than I can take

Posted by Mustang 2003-03-12 12:28:24|| 2003-03-12 12:28:24|| Front Page Top

#14 France has ingeniously shifted their economy over the years in such a way that it is nearly impossible to boycott French products. I looked around my house and couldn't find a single French product. I've been to France, no real desire to see it again. By product garbage for decades they have made themselves immune to my wraith the bastards!

Posted by Yank 2003-03-12 12:40:39|| 2003-03-12 12:40:39|| Front Page Top

#15 "The French are our friends, the Saudis are our friends, Islam is a religion of peace..." Yeah, GW has said all that but do you honestly, HONESTLY, thinks he believes that bullshit? Like it's been said here before, watch the hands not the mouth. Make a list George and when things settle down a bit, start checking it off. Make sure France and Chiraq are at the top.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-12 13:19:05|| 2003-03-12 13:19:05|| Front Page Top

#16 Want to know what to boycott to send a message to France? Look here:
http://www.metrospy.com/boycott.htm

Posted by Tom 2003-03-12 13:38:34|| [www.metrospy.com/boycott.htm] 2003-03-12 13:38:34|| Front Page Top

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