Sometimes small frogs get stepped on.
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| Chirac 'snubs' Allawi at EU talks |
| 2004-11-05 |
| The French president has decided to leave an EU summit just before a meeting with interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. This frog sob Chirac, thinks he is the king of the world. Mr Allawi is due to join EU leaders as guest of honour at the summit lunch in the Belgian capital. But Jacques Chirac, an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, says he has prior engagements and will not attend. Mr Allawi, on a European tour, made his plea for wider participation in his country after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome on Thursday. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #12 Sometimes small frogs get stepped on. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-05 8:22:12 PM |
| #11 Also, remember that Chirac went out of his way to invite Mugabe to Paris -- despite an EU-wide ban on that particular tyrant's visits. That "president" is a lover of tyrants. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-05 4:14:59 PM |
| #10 Here is a Chirac quote, during an interview he gave to CNN, shortly before the liberation of Iraq: "I am sure Saddam Hussein loves the Iraqi people." |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-05 4:13:00 PM |
| #9 Sock Puppet...that will only be if we ("W") don't go soft and 'cushy' on the french with reachout arms of reconciliation. He has been known to reach alittle too far out, on the warm side! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-11-05 2:46:19 PM |
| #8 Chirac is probably afraid that Allawi would ask him to refund his Oil for Food bribes. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-11-05 1:53:50 PM |
| #7 delicious, TW |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-05 8:28:14 AM |
| #6 Saves Allawi from having to hug the stinking frog. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-05 8:28:01 AM |
| #5 We can but stand gape-mouthed in awe and wonder at the quality of subtle French diplomacy and nuance, the immensity of understanding and expression demonstrated by Monsieur le President Chirac on this, as on so many other, occasion. It is at such moments that I am thankful to be but a simple American, capable of only the smallest corner of such things. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-05 8:22:05 AM |
| #4 Would you want to face Allawi if you were the chief sponsor and apologist for Saddam Hussein, who is responsible for killing as much as 5% of the Iraqi population and sending into exile another 16% (4 million)? No. I don't imagine Chirac is all that eager to face Allawi or any other non-Baathist Iraqi. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-11-05 7:30:01 AM |
| #3 The truth is Kerry had more domestic support then Chirac has. The BBC is spinning it a Chirac is "to busy." When France is totally locked out of Iraq for the next 50 years to any trade by Iraqi law I will laugh. What is the saying? These people hold long grudges and have nasty ways of settling them? France the pay back is on it's way. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-05 6:38:24 AM |
| #2 Mr. Kerry blew off an opportunity to meet with Mr. Allawi and look where it got him. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2004-11-05 6:19:18 AM |
| #1 Hmph. Didn't dare be upstaged by a REAL leader with balls bigger than his, eh? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-11-05 4:59:37 AM |