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| Iraq |
| The French ride in to save the day... |
| 2003-03-18 |
| ....Despite French opposition to a war in Iraq, the French military could assist any U.S.-led coalition should Iraq use biological and chemical weapons against coalition forces, the French ambassador to the United States said Tuesday. "If Saddam Hussein were to use chemical and biological weapons, this would change the situation completely and immediately for the French government," Jean-David Levitte said.... Maybe they could be 'Official Air Quality Smellers'... Thanks... but no thanks, Frenchy... you've missed your opportunity to be relevant. |
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| #18 I'd be careful about the first wave that surrenders. They could have smallpox. Remember Sammy's speech about martyrdom? |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-18 20:50:25 |
| #17 I am not certain if he could qualify, but maybe General Franks will let Chiraq polish his boots for him. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-03-18 19:47:57 |
| #16 The ones I worry most about getting gassed... are the first units to surrender. American troops are merely the enemy, and not particularly soft targets. Traitors are another matter. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-03-18 18:53:26 |
| #15 I pray to God it does not happen, but if one WMD munition is used, certain people will have a lot of 'splaining to do. |
| Posted by: john 2003-03-18 15:06:45 |
| #14 He's starting to cover his butt: he KNOWS there are chemical weapons there, and he KNOWS dumbbell Blix was not appointed for his brains or tenacity, and so was unlikely to uncover the weapons, for fear of it becoming the "smoking gun". |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-18 13:59:07 |
| #13 This is the (inevitable) beginning of the Frency kiss-and-make-up attempt, guys. I'm suspecting that every intel service in the world knows that chem warheads are being distributed to all those artillery units in the south. When the inevitable happens, France will have an excellent excuse to go all sacre bleu and jump right on the war bandwagon. I somehow suspect that W won't respond in the way they expect him to, though, and that'll be a lot of fun to watch. :-) |
| Posted by: jrosevear 2003-03-18 12:49:18 |
| #12 fancypants did get UN approval for the Ivory Coast after the fact. Vote was unanimous. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-18 12:10:44 |
| #11 If I were GWB, I'd have a 688-class attack sub put a salvo of Mk48s into the Charles DeGaulle as a reprisal. 'Course, it's probably a good thing that I'm not GWB. I suspect France will get hers . . . not in such a spectacular and immediately gratifying fashion, but probably in a way that's much better for our side in the long term. GWB has been three or four moves ahead of his opponents ever since he took office (see, e.g., Tom Daschle), and he's probably got a few nice little surprises planned for Chiraq. |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-03-18 12:03:39 |
| #10 I feel a retraction coming on.... Chiraq: "What he meant was....." |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-18 11:07:17 |
| #9 "should Iraq use biological and chemical weapons against coalition forces", the French ambassador to the United States said Tuesday But of course Iraq destroyed all of those, so this is impossible, right? Stay on message, M. Ambassador! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-18 10:34:15 |
| #8 Why is there still a French ambassador to the United States? He needs to go home for the duration -- or longer. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-03-18 10:26:31 |
| #7 Clearly this is a unilateral support of our unilateral invasion. I can't believe the French would do such a thing without international backing and a UN resolution to authorize it. |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-18 10:12:19 |
| #6 LOL! Yankee Poodle clean it up! Isn't that just dandy? Stick (white) feathers in his cap and call him ChIraq-Le-Wormy. |
| Posted by: becky 2003-03-18 10:10:24 |
| #5 Read today on a French website that 300 French soldiers are at Bangui Airport, Central Af. Rep. (former French colony) to assist foreigners wanting to evacuate in light of its civil war. I responded for the first time to a French site just to give them hell. Actually, this operation is good and I support it, but the Frogs didn't go to the UN for consultation and since de Villepin is all about respecting the process, I'm shocked, shocked, Ricky! that such disregard for the UN and OAU charters has been carried out. Remember this is the place whose former man eating emperor gave diamonds to former prez Valery Giscard-d'Estaing. No blood for diamonds!! |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-03-18 10:06:21 |
| #4 We should not let these sniveling snot fags anywhere near our troops,They are out and Spain is In! |
| Posted by: Wills 2003-03-18 10:00:20 |
| #3 ....Despite French opposition to a war in Iraq, the French military could assist any U.S.-led coalition should Iraq use biological and chemical weapons against coalition forces, the French ambassador to the United States said Tuesday. These guys can't be serious. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-03-18 09:58:01 |
| #2 Actually, I'm all for it. But only if Chiraq personally helps out with the clean-up. With no protection suit. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-18 09:51:17 |
| #1 Since the chickens we were going to use for gas detectors all died, perhaps a different species of chicken would volunteer? |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-03-18 09:46:26 |