> Joe,
>    I've been silent in regard to your replies until now, but this is
>    just ASSHOLISH
> Ad Hominem. Stop it!!!!
>
No, it's the unvarnished truth.  The French are passing ther buck to the
US because, among other reasons,  They fear what their substantial
indigenous Muslim population would do if they did not.  They would also
like to preserve their lucrative oil contracts, avoid discovery of their
sanction-violating collusions vis-a-vis weapons sales, and recapture
their past glories as a globa power by becoming an oppositional pole to
the US.  All of this figures into their position.  They had no problems
acting outside the UN mandate when they recently invaded the Ivory
Coast and militarily dictated their own solution to the civil war underway
there - one that cedd the Muslim rebels much more power than they
had been able to seize on their own.
>
> Walter
>
> joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> > >
> > > ...i am SOOOO sympathetic to France with regards to their
> > > non-support of U.S. war efforts.  people dont seem to realize a
> > > few crucial points behind their decision: namely that they are
> > > filled with nutso shithead algerians and that they are quite a bit
> > > closer to the arab world than we are.  i think it is uncle sam's
> > > responsability in this case to give a knowing wink and a pat on
> > > the back and say, "go ahead my friend and sit this one out, i can
> > > understand your position".  the united states and france have an
> > > ancient comraderie that cant be easily tarnished, but they are in
> > > a really difficult situation with regards to the arab question.
> > > besides, they can just refer to their assistance to us in our
> > > independance war and say we owe them one:)
> > >
> > >
> > > DrSebby.
> > > "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
> > >
> > Sounds more like "Cowardice...and pass the deck".
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----Original Message Follows----
> > > From: Ouri M <ouri_maler@yahoo.fr>
> > > Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> > > To: virus@lucifer.com
> > > Subject: Re: virus: On this last day of diplomacy
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:34:55 +0100 (CET)
> > >
> > > Come to think of it, what's with the surge of anti-France-ism
> > > lately? Some of it seems downright ridiculous, like the House's
> > > decision to rename "French Fries" "Freedom Fries" (Just for the
> > > record, I don't know why you even call them french fries).
> > >
> > >  BIll Roh <billroh@churchofvirus.com> wrote:9) Instructed France
> > >  to
> > > surrender to the US first, and we all know they would, then our
> > > Governor of France - Dick Chaney, could have been the decision
> > > maker France needs.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > Jkr438@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >  > We here at the CoV feel eager to the help out the POTUS. Things
> > >  > he may not have thought of yet, just in case he secretly
> > >  > watches our >
> > >  riveting discussions, we need to take this job seriously. Let's
> > >  help
> > >  > the commander in chief! > > Top ten things Bush could have done
> > >  > to
> > >  get UN cooperation. > > 10) Take off shoe and pound on table. >
> > >  9)? > . . . > > Love, > > -Jake
> > >
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> Walter Watts
> Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc.
>
> "No one gets to see the Wizard! Not nobody! Not no how!"
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