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| The French Are Coming! |
| 2006-07-17 |
Needs a snarky comment but I am overwhelmed by the potential. French PM travelling to Beirut to express solidarity France is today sending Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to Beirut to express support for Lebanon, President Jacques ChiracÂ’s office said. The prime minister was to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora to express support and solidarity from the French to the Lebanese, ChiracÂ’s office said in a statement made in St Petersburg, Russia, on the side of the G8 Summit. |
| Posted by:glenmore |
| #21 Driving, is he? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-07-17 23:52 |
| #20 And a prompt announcement of complete fecklessness. |
| Posted by: J. D. Lux 2006-07-17 22:14 |
| #19 a dramatic entrance in a giant white hot air balloon.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-17 19:27 |
| #18 Bringing in a cargo of white flags??? |
| Posted by: radrh8r 2006-07-17 19:09 |
| #17 "Ahmed, that cute little Frenchman in coming here!" "Ah, Mahmoud. Do you think he will hold me?" "Of course, Ahmed. He is French after all, and reportedly - a man's kind of man, if you get my meaning." "Oh, Mahmoud. That kind of talk gets me so excited. Hold me." Did'nt I say something the other day about how a bunch of stuffed shirts and do-gooders are going to try to get the Israeli's to back off and get a ceasefire declared? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-07-17 16:50 |
| #16 Most likely a boat to the coast, then a chopper ride in. And you know, the terrorists HAVE been striking boats a lot of late. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-17 14:15 |
| #15 Dumb question, but how does de Villepin plan on getting to Beirut? Haven't all the runways been destroyed? Is he going to fly to Israel and take a chopper or something? I suppose it's not a major detail, but I was just wondering since it seems like it could be risky. |
| Posted by: WhiteCollarRedneck 2006-07-17 13:42 |
| #14 A while back, commenters said that Matignon (PM residence) insiders leaked that dominique galouzeau "de villepin" had two hopes so he could get back on its feet (he's been a dead fish floating belly up since the CPE crisis) : - that France would win the world cup. Close, but no cigar (boy, I'm sure that match with Togo cost taxpayers a lot of unmarked bills from Matignon's secret funds!). - and that there would be a severe crisis in the ME (probably thinking about iran), so he could show the french they need a Real Stateman(Tm) like you-knwo-who to lead them in these perilous times. Basically, he wished for the un iraq sideshow redux, so he could get standing ovations from the "pacifist crowd" and from african and muslim delegates again. This may be it. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-17 13:24 |
| #13 Lookout little seagull; there are some awfully big sharks swimming around out there.... |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2006-07-17 12:36 |
| #12 Can we slip the tail # to Hiz and tell them a very important Israeli is on board? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-17 12:27 |
| #11 Pretty sash. Pretty hair. Pretty man... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-17 12:16 |
| #10 Bringing white flags and an offer of Isreal to surrender. |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2006-07-17 12:14 |
| #9 Does anyone know his exact iteneray and locations ? Is he visiting his Hezb friends or have they all cleared out ? Is he near an airfield or radar location ? Just asking. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-07-17 11:58 |
| #8 Wouldn't you love to see the rejects from t5hat photo shoot? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-17 11:49 |
| #7 So lets send Powell to Israel and he can get his revenge. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-07-17 09:47 |
| #6 Express, expel liquid or air (Oxford Dictionary) |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-07-17 09:24 |
| #5 France is today sending Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to Beirut to express support for Lebanon Not afraid of "Apocalyptic Destruction"? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-17 09:11 |
| #4 Keep your head down Devil Pin. Should be like a cartoon, "Whats for Dinner?" "Duck!" |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-07-17 09:10 |
| #3 Just expressing which side they are on. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-17 09:08 |
| #2 Is Dominique the Man? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-07-17 09:06 |
| #1 It would be just to easy. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-07-17 09:06 |