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2004-01-25 Europe

Eiffel Tower turns red to honor China. Really.

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Posted by Steve White 2004-01-25 3:00:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think it says a lot about the French people (not just the gov't) that they would be so excited to embrace a Chinese communist dictator but they would protest a presidential visit from Bush. The French are lost.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-1-25 3:31:56 AM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-1-25 3:31:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 yeah i agree, totally lost and seemingly confused,maybe thier gonna try and ally up with China in the future to create some kind of crappy poor mans alliance against the US and U.K.I wouldn't put anything past those sneaky slimey French.

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-25 6:55:45 AM|| 2004-1-25 6:55:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll bet they've had those red lights ready for about 87 years.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-25 7:05:23 AM|| 2004-1-25 7:05:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 They never met a tyrant they never liked. Appalling.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-1-25 9:59:55 AM|| 2004-1-25 9:59:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "It would have been nice to have seen the Eiffel Tower in green and white with a crescent in the middle,

Patience, Mohand, patience. It's coming.

Posted by Parabellum 2004-1-25 10:37:37 AM|| 2004-1-25 10:37:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Eisenhower should of told DeGaulle and LeClerc to get stuffed and let the 2nd Armored take Paris. Maybe next time it will have to take it away from the IslamoFasicts

Posted by Cheddarhead 2004-1-25 10:49:21 AM|| 2004-1-25 10:49:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ...has ever been lit a single color beside the salmon glow that it has worn nightly since 1985...

It glows the color of iron oxide all day long also. The Eiffel Tower is a metaphor for government by the current class of French elite. The Hose recommends that others be wary of adhering to it's structure.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-25 10:59:00 AM|| 2004-1-25 10:59:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Incredible. There really seems to be an emerging new trend of "reverse imperialism" in which the former colonies of France are now taking over the seat of the empire.

I bet Charles the Hammer is spinning in his grave.

Posted by Dar 2004-1-25 12:23:38 PM|| 2004-1-25 12:23:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 French diplomacy (and by extension, european, or so Villepin wishes) has one main goal, containment of the USA at all prices, and two main axes : its arab policy (Tm) (and all that 's related, appeasement, dictator-cuddling, pretending "Europe's roots are as muslim...", trying for the franco-maghrebians votes, being hostile to Israel, and so on), and its search of counterweights.
First counterweight is the "international community" (UN, multilateral orgs, ngo,...), second is China.
Being friend with China is Chirac & Villepin's other big strategical objective, and that is not a new one, as it go back to the start of Chirac 's first term.
The two clowns believes themselves to be respectively the new De Gaulle, and the new Talleyrand...

Posted by Anonymous 2004-1-25 12:31:45 PM|| 2004-1-25 12:31:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe the French government was just using the event to try out their ideas for new national colors that better suit them.

"Oui! Zose blu an' whaht stripes are jus' so 18th century!"

Posted by Dripping Sarcasm 2004-1-25 2:35:23 PM|| 2004-1-25 2:35:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe next time we will have to take it away from the IslamoFascicts

Maybe next time we'll just let the IslamoFascists keep it. Let the rest of Old Europe spill some blood to save it.

Posted by Tom 2004-1-25 4:00:58 PM|| 2004-1-25 4:00:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Why would we save France? They have no oil. :-)

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-25 4:26:04 PM|| 2004-1-25 4:26:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Geese SH, Geese.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-25 6:20:17 PM|| 2004-1-25 6:20:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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