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France aims to smooth US relations
ha ha April Fools! Edited
In statements aimed at smoothing relations with the United States, French leaders on Thursday warned against anti-Americanism and said they were on the "side of the democracies" in the war in Iraq.
Notice they don't actually say the "US"
"It is indispensable to be vigilant against all displays of anti-Americanism, which would be unacceptable," spokesman Jean-Francois Cope quoted Raffarin as telling representatives of Parliament at a meeting Tuesday at the prime minister's office.
Not exactly a "we support you" type statement
Villepin, who last week refused to answer a reporter's question about whom he wanted to win the war, declared on Tuesday in Parliament that France was firmly behind its allies.
Notice how he doesn't say "US".
"How far behind?"
"Fifty, sixty miles, I'd say..."
The foreign minister called Saddam Hussein the leader of a "cruel and dictatorial regime," and said it was France's responsibility to back the side of law and peace.
Notice how he doesn't say "US".
"In the war, this responsibility naturally leads France to stand at the side of its allies, on the side of the democracies," he said, apparently referring to the United States and Britain.
"Apparently" he didn't actually say "US and Britian. The weasel wording continues but edited for length ,
I'd guess "on the side of the democracies" is referring to Belgium and Germany. I don't see anything about us, either...
"France does not turn on its friends, because it doesn't have any" declared Christian Poncelet, the president of the French Senate. "They have taken a position that is not ours, but that in no way dents our good relations."
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Posted by: Becky 2003-04-01
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