The French Were Right

[Ouaibe]

Don't know this newspaper but i thought it would be a nice refresh on those past 9 months of french xenophobia.

http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2003/1107nj1.htm

[Kieran]

Were they right to continue to sell weapons to Iraq after Gulf War I?

[Pongo]

Are you implying that any country in the world uses some kind of ethical basis to decide on weapons sales?

[straffo]

Originally posted by Ouaibe
Don't know this newspaper but i thought it would be a nice refresh on those past 9 months of french xenophobia.

http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2003/1107nj1.htm

//A que mode Johny ON
Alllllllluuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmm mmmeeeeeeeeeeer le feu
ll suffira d'une étincelle
D'un rien, d'un geste
Il suffira d'une étincelle,
Et d'un mot d'amour
Pour
Allumer le feu
Allumer le feu
Et faire danser les diables et les dieux
Allumer le feu
Allumer le feu
Et voir grandir la flamme dans vos yeux
Allumer le feu
//A que mode Johny OFF

[Ouaibe]

Straffo, mheu non )

[muckmaw]

Here we go......

Where to start...

Grun?

Yeager?

Shall we call roll now?

My president told me the war in Iraq would be a long, drawn out effort with many casualties along the way.

I'd very much like to see the polls where the "Majority" or Iraqis would prefer the United States leave now.

Regardless, we're there now. We're fighting terrorism with soldiers and not ambassadors for a change. We're fighting them in the deserts of Iraq, instead of the streets of New York City.

We've freed an entire country from the bloody grip of a murderous tyrant. Would you have us put him back?

We've not found and WMD's yet, and we may never. IIRC correctly, this was one of 4 reasons we invaded Iraq and not the sole reason.

Most importantly, though, we've sent a message. If you harbor terrorism, or sponsor it, you will face our wrath.

[straffo]

Originally posted by Ouaibe
Straffo, mheu non )

ben merdre alors ... c'est pas un mot d'amour ?

[Kieran]

it-ay is-ay vious-obay ance-fray isn't-ay biased-unay ere-whay raq-Iay is-ay oncerned-cay.

[OIO]

Heh, thats one chirac fanboi article.

the french were right about the difficulties of occupation.. and even the us admitted it would be hard even before the shooting began.. but the article cites that the french and chirac personally have 'more experience' in those matters... which in itself is laughable when you consider the us has had more experience occupying foreign nations for decades at a time in modern times... something France has been on the receiving end in the past century.

Still, an amusing read.. and of course, no highlights whatsoever as to what action the French gov. was suggesting as an alternative (besides more talk and sanctions, which apparently they failed to notice hadn't worked for... oh, a decade? heh).

[Cerceuilvolant]

Originally posted by Kieran
Were they right to continue to sell weapons to Iraq after Gulf War I?

Post proofs.

And not the Roland 3 affair that was a hoax, nor the F1 spare parts that was a hoax, not the propellant stuff for the iraqi missiles that was prooved to be an hoax too.

Thank you, have a nice day.

which in itself is laughable when you consider the us has had more experience occupying foreign nations for decades at a time in modern times... something France has been on the receiving end in the past century.

OIO, go read books, and post when you'll be educated, thanks, have a nice day too!:rofl

[GRUNHERZ]

France surrendered to Saddam a long time ago, it's no wonder they were so in awe of him and still are..

[muckmaw]

Are we being invaded?

WTF?

Is HTC running a marketing campaign in France we don't know about?

I love the way the get all superior and start speaking in French. Too bad that language is only useful in France, Quebec, and crappy restaurants.

[muckmaw]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
France surrendered to Saddam a long time ago, it's no wonder they were so in awe of him and still are..

Where the hell ya been, Grun?

It's me against 4 Froggies here!

[muckmaw]

Originally posted by muckmaw
Where the hell ya been, Grun?

It's me against 4 Froggies here!

Call in some fire support will ya? We need Rude, Yeager, Lazs and Toad. Oh, and Tumor...don't forget him.

[GRUNHERZ]

Here is a random wall of French text from the Web.  Ha, now we too can have french language arrogance - and read about some fine insurance products of the AXA company!


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AXA exerce également des activités internationales comme la réassurance, l’assistance et les grands risques. Les activités de services financiers reposent principalement sur la gestion d’actifs pour le compte des sociétés d’assurance du Groupe et pour le compte de tiers.

Le Groupe est coté à la bourse de Paris et de New York. Plusieurs sociétés du Groupe sont également cotées sur leur propre marché : Sidney, Hong Kong, Londres, Francfort et New York.

Le Groupe AXA est présent en Chine avec des bureaux de représentation à Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu et Dalian. En 1999, le Groupe a créé une joint venture en assurance vie à Shanghai avec China Minmetals Group : AXA-MINMETALS Assurance Co. Ltd.