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2003-04-21 International

The French Still Donât Get It......And the Russians Donât, Either.

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Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-21 05:49 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Payback's a Bitch"

Posted by mojo 2003-04-21 22:57:24|| 2003-04-21 22:57:24|| Front Page Top

#2 OP - Spot on. Don't worry about Foggy Bottom, it was their idea for the US to try the UN - and they pushed it very hard. They burned all of their chips and markers on it - yet it turned out to be a debaucle... so their "advice" is a rung or two below Ann Landers'. Say, isn't she DEAD? Well, so is the UN - and the State Dept is looking mighty poorly, too...

Though I believe it, it still amazes me that Putin turned out to be so amazingly stupid.

We should take due care when boycotting French, German, Belgian, Turkish, Russian, and other asshat countries' goods - to make sure we don't hurt our own who operate franchises or similar. BUT. I started my own personal commercial jihad 2 months ago - and will forgo the BMW I was looking over, not to mention Mercedes & Chrysler. Funny, I never considered a Citroen. (snicker)

Posted by PD 2003-04-22 00:34:51|| 2003-04-22 00:34:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm beginning to wonder if there's anyone in our State Department that actually has the US's best interest at heart. They're beginning to sound a lot like the United Nations.

France, Germany, Russia, and any other country (Syria, Jordan, Iran, Turkey?) that violated the sanctions in place should be barred from participation in the rebuilding of Iraq. That's just plain common sense. Bush should tell the UN, "You wouldn't help, we did it on our own, so we'll finish on our own. Thanks, and have a nice day."

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-21 18:46:20|| 2003-04-21 18:46:20|| Front Page Top

#4 "This country fought a war of national liberation with France - and we should never forget it."
- Dennis Kucinich

Posted by Lady Liberty 2003-04-21 18:48:26|| [xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/liberty/lady_frm.html] 2003-04-21 18:48:26|| Front Page Top

#5 However, he emphasised that France was still keen to avoid any step that would "legitimise" the US-led war.

Hah, the war has come and gone already. It's all a part of history now, France or no France. Whether the French think it's legit or not is totally irrelevant.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-21 19:45:34|| 2003-04-21 19:45:34|| Front Page Top

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