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2004-11-29 Europe

Speedy Sarko's triumphant, Americanised, takeover of Chirac's party

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Posted by Bulldog 2004-11-29 9:21:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 On the one hand Mr Sarkozy sought to calm hostilities with Mr Chirac, praising Mr Chiracâs stand against the United States over Iraq.

So how exactly did he betray him politically?

And why does Mr. Sarkozy think it good that France shirked its responsibilities in the international arena by abandoning its ally America which was making good on UN resolutions and aggressively addressing murderous tyranny? It tells us a lot about the man. If he was against the Iraq War, that would mean either 1) he is still holding onto the delusion of our time that when danger lands in your lap all you have to have are good communication skills (pacifist camp) or 2) his priority is "taking a stand against the US over Iraq" (the UN camp of anti-Americanism and antagonism). In either case, since he is against the Iraq War, that would indicate to me that he was ok with the corrupting and emasculating of the UN and was ok with "countering America" a la Chirac.

Posted by Jules 187 2004-11-29 10:29:16 AM|| 2004-11-29 10:29:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Jules 187 - I'd say he's a politician... a French politician. Sort of like The Perfect Storm in politics. As such, his words, of course, are perfectly meaningless. Should he actually succeed Chirac in 2007, then we should judge him in the same fashion that we judge Chirac: by his actions - nothing else matters.

That Stoiber and Aznar were present for this show probably bodes very well - but I'll wait and see, heh. 2007 is a long way off, sigh.

On a personal note, I am rather tickled to see the one French actor I actually enjoy, Jean Reno, was there, too, lol! I had no idea what his political leanings were - whew! I've actually chosen to stop watching anything which contains a whole slew of Americans, the entire Hollyweird cabal of irrelevant political tool-fools, so it's only fair to do the same with the foreign actors. Nice to know he's not a moron, heh.

Posted by .com 2004-11-29 12:22:21 PM|| 2004-11-29 12:22:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ChIrak is right-wing? WTF?

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-11-29 12:49:14 PM|| 2004-11-29 12:49:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 ChIrak is right-wing? WTF?

In France. That means he's not a card-carrying member of the Communist Party.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-11-29 12:57:46 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-11-29 12:57:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Like you said, we'll see. But about Reno-yeah, I liked that part, too. He was wonderful in La Femme Nikita and French Kiss, as well as Ronin and Les Visiteurs. Great presence.

Posted by Jules 187 2004-11-29 1:05:48 PM|| 2004-11-29 1:05:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Sarkozy? - Hungarian ancestry? - That may explain a friendlier attitude.

Jacques the Weaselle "right-wing"...
ditto to Robert Crawford

Posted by BigEd 2004-11-29 3:39:03 PM|| 2004-11-29 3:39:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Won't be any change in anything but tone. Sarkozy's a gaullist no less than Chirac. He's been trashing EU competition law in order to help French multinationals swallow up foreign rivals without any competition from German or Swiss firms, and i have no doubt he'll bash the US as every French leader has done since de Gaulle's day. has nothing to do with personalities. It's all about French weakness vs l'hyperpuissance.

Posted by lex 2004-11-29 3:51:32 PM|| 2004-11-29 3:51:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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