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2004-03-26 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2004-03-26 12:56:47 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 heh..heh...go Aznar!

But I think that Zappy is too green behind the ears to grasp that his unprofessional BMOC bluster is hurting him more than US. I think he is under the complete and total delusion that he makes himself look big by calling a bigger man names. In the end, it just makes everyone take note of how much smaller he is.

Posted by B 2004-03-26 7:03:34 AM|| 2004-03-26 7:03:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 DO you think that Zapatero understands just how attached the American people, on both sides of the aisle, servicemen in particular, are to Powell? I wouldn't really have had a problem with him dissing Al Haig. In several years Powell could have the presidency quite easily if he desires that particular headache. Zappy the Pinhead is fooling with the possibility of two decades or more of extreme American displeasure. While Zapatero was certainly right to see Chiraq first, starting full fledged negotiations while there is a man waiting at the door is not appreciated.

On the other hand, I am very intrigued by Aznar. Why would he face adversity by standing by us? Did living under Franco give him insight into what the Iraqi people were enduring under Sadaam? How is Aznar's perspective so radically different than Zappy's?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-03-26 7:31:35 AM|| 2004-03-26 7:31:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 He must want to emulate the stunning success Jacques Strap Chirac had at opposing the U.S.

Posted by Uncle War 2004-03-26 9:18:18 AM|| 2004-03-26 9:18:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It has worked for the Arab leaders for centuries. I think Jacques Strap and Zappy are just jealous they don't get to have their own billion dollar palaces and mass graves to eliminate their opponents.

Posted by B 2004-03-26 9:22:07 AM|| 2004-03-26 9:22:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 SHose,

Aznar is doing the right thing. Would you expect any less of Bush? Or of Kerry?

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-03-26 10:48:08 AM|| 2004-03-26 10:48:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Mr. Davis, I am suggesting that it would be good PR for the Iraq war to release an Asnar biography that compares Franco to Sadaam. I know next to nothing about Franco other than that he was a dictator that reined for a long period. Maybe he was benevolent, if not the Spanish people might see the parallel between the plight of the Iraqi people and their own.
Maybe he has lead a boring life. If he didn't, writing his biography might be a very lucrative and worthy task for an independent journalist. I doubt an AP writer will take up the challenge.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-03-26 2:26:39 PM|| 2004-03-26 2:26:39 PM|| Front Page Top

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