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2004-03-04 Europe

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Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-03-04 7:25:46 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The organisation has also used personal columns in national daily Liberation - the in-house organ of France's far-left - to communicate with the government.
Picked that publication to be sure someone in the government would read it.

Posted by GK 2004-3-4 7:51:13 PM|| 2004-3-4 7:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's over. Time for the Sixth Republic. Is Sabine around?

Posted by .com 2004-3-4 8:06:57 PM|| 2004-3-4 8:06:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Jacques' strategy: pay with Euros, then let your pathetic economic policy undermine the value of the Euro - ergo the value of the ransom! It's Simplisme!

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-4 8:29:27 PM|| 2004-3-4 8:29:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's all get a piece of that. Hey, I'd quit saying nasty things about the French if they would pay me even half that much.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-3-4 8:50:13 PM|| 2004-3-4 8:50:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Should have tried this one with the Germans in â40.

Er, they DID. Remember the Vichy? They were the Nazi's whores up until the absolute last second; the only reason the Germans finally turned on them was French dithering (of course!) over what to do after French North Africa had been taken by the Allies.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-3-4 9:47:20 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-3-4 9:47:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 RC

That was after they had run up the white flag. Todays French would have offered cash as soon as Hitler invaded Norway.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-3-4 10:24:07 PM|| 2004-3-4 10:24:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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