Why Do French Always Support Our Enemies?
traveler
"No matter who we have been fighting, post WWII, we have always been
fighting them." France's latest position with regard to Iraq is in
keeping with the view that they are forever supporting guerilla
movements around the globe, particularly those that interfere with
English and American interests. It is no secret that they have
tacitly approved the Palestinian's continuing reign of terror against
Israeli civilians and for similar reasons are dragging their feet over
any serious attempt to remove Saddam Hussein from his position of
power and influence among the OPEC countries of the Mideast. It is
sometimes hard to believe that the culture which produced the lovely
sex kitten, Brigitte Bardot, the famous composer, Claude DeBussy, a
host of impressionist painters, and several important writers, could
ruthlessly pit the world's most evil and ruthless scum against her own
supposed allies in the free world. Alas, it is apparently true,
nonetheless.
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Nothing today justifies war on Iraq: France Monday, 20-Jan-2003 2:10PM
Story from AFP
Copyright 2003 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet)
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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (AFP) - France said Monday that nothing would
justify an immediate military attack on Iraq, countering British and
US insistence that time is running out for Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein to disarm.
"Nothing justifies cutting off inspections to enter into war and
uncertainty," French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin told a
news conference at the United Nations Security Council.
Speaking earlier, the minister said United Nations arms inspections in
Iraq were "taking place in satisfactory conditions" and should be
strengthened.
"Already we know for a fact that the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction
programmes have been largely blocked, even frozen," he added.
"Every day we are stronger from the information we are getting on the
ground, so we must do everything possible to strengthen this process."
De Villepin spoke after chairing a top-level meeting of the UN
Security Council on strengthening the fight against international
terrorism.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told the council that time was
running out for Iraq, echoing mounting warnings from the US
administration.
"There has to come a moment when our patience runs out, and we are now
near to that point with Iraq," said.
After the meeting, Straw told reporters he was "unimpressed" with an
offer from Iraq to cooperate more with UN weapons inspectors.
Iraq made the offer in a 10-point joint declaration, signed with chief
inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei in Baghdad.
"Iraq must stop this cat and mouse game. I am unimpressed with what
they have done today, finding a few more shells, offering a bit more
cooperation," Straw told reporters.
"The simple truth is, they should have been cooperating in this way
from the very minute that Resolution 1441 was passed," he said,
referring to the UN Security Council resolution giving Iraq a last
chance to disarm.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell was similarly dismissive,
describing the Iraqi offer as "just more of the same".
He added: "Iraq has an obligation to provide to the inspectors all the
information that they need."
But De Villepin stressed that the council "collectively made a choice
for inspections" and added:
"The crisis in Iraq is something of a test, and the stakes are
enormous, if only because you cannot separate Iraq from other
proliferation issues. If war is the only way to resolve this problem,
we are going down a dead-end."
France, Britain and the United States are among the five permanent
council members, each of which has the power to veto any resolution
authorizing military action against Iraq.
"The unity and cooperation we have maintained since the start of the
Iraqi crisis have been exemplary," De Villepin said in English.
"Unilateral military intervention would be perceived as a victory for
the law of the strongest, an attack on the rule of law and on
international morality," he went on.
Inspections were the means to disarm Iraq peacefully, he said.
"We should not take the risk to endanger the lives of innocent
civilians or soldiers, to jeopardize the stability of the region and
further widen the gap between our peoples and our cultures," he went
on.
"We cannot gamble with peace -- to build peace requires more effort
than to make war," he said later through an interpeter.
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> "No matter who we have been fighting, post WWII, we have always been
> fighting them." France's latest position with regard to Iraq is in
> keeping with the view that they are forever supporting guerilla
> movements around the globe, particularly those that interfere with
> English and American interests. It is no secret that they have
> tacitly approved the Palestinian's continuing reign of terror against
> Israeli civilians and for similar reasons are dragging their feet over
> any serious attempt to remove Saddam Hussein from his position of
> power and influence among the OPEC countries of the Mideast. It is
> sometimes hard to believe that the culture which produced the lovely
> sex kitten, Brigitte Bardot, the famous composer, Claude DeBussy, a
> host of impressionist painters, and several important writers, could
> ruthlessly pit the world's most evil and ruthless scum against her own
> supposed allies in the free world. Alas, it is apparently true,
> nonetheless.
>
I think the situation is much worse than just France. Schroeder and Chiraq
have both recently planned to share power (presidency) in the EU, mind you
no election were every held where the citizens of EU countries voted for
these guys. Could this be the new rise of the Reich with France and Germany
already planning how they will share power over the EU countries?
France also has deals cut with Saddam for the purchase of oil and the same
is true of Russia, so while folks who are against the war say it is about
taking iraqi oil. It is definitely true that the countries against war are
against it because they want to get their hands on the Iraqi oil. So they
accuse the US of what they are openly doing.
Then let's come full circle back to the US can any one tell me why Democrats
would vote for the Iraqi war resolution prior to the last election then
spend a good bit of their time speaking out against it after the election?
Reports from Egypt and other ME countries trying to get Saddam to go into
exile are that he may if pressure is applied. But our so called allies can't
even keep a poker long enough for that to happen.
>
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