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Africa North
France does not see change of U.S. stance on Libya
2011-04-15
The United States is not going to review its military position on Libya despite a request from France, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday.

Juppe met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin. "I told her we need them and that we would like them to come back," Juppe told journalists. "I think that they will stick to the same line, which is to say regular interventions when they are needed."
"...we need them and that we would like them to come back"

We did that on D-Day, Mr. Juppe. We've been mocked and laughed at by your country both before and since. After a while it becomes irritating.

We like individual Frenchmen and women, but just as we dislike our own political, intellectual and chattering classes, so too we dislike yours. That includes you.

You want America to 'come back'? You want America to stand with you and solve problems?

Stop spitting on us, and when we complain tell us that it's just raining. That would be a start.
Posted by:Zebulon Thranter9685

#3  The US is still flying the most sorties (35%) of the most expensive aircraft (tankers and spy planes) and racking up the largest bill. Doesn't feel very hands off.
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685   2011-04-15 14:52  

#2  Welcome to the first stages of the new American isolationism. Your room is the first one on the left and please leave your historical greatness in the last century just outside the door.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-04-15 10:26  

#1  So... where would we be without that international Agony Aunt, France, to tell us what our stance is on everything?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-04-15 09:28  

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