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January 23, 2003FRENCH PERFIDY"To the French lying is simply talking". - Fran Lebowitz The utopian fantasists in our State Dept., having persuaded Pres. Bush to place his faith in the UN are now obliged to face reality. Will they? Colin Powell, the chief utopian, argued against deposing Saddam in 1991 in favor of the wishful fantasy that military defeat would be sufficient to defang him. It wasn't, for in Saddam's psychopathic world of brute force, survival against the United States constitutes victory and is concrete evidence of our weakness. Saddam would never allow an enemy to escape alive if he had the opportunity to kill him, for it would indicate weakness and would embolden his foes. Thus after the '91 war he redoubled his efforts to acquire devastating weaponry against what he sensed was a pusillanimous foe, while we politely looked away. The danger steadily grew while our President turned his attention to more pressing matters, like obtaining sexual favors from interns in the oval office. Meanwhile, despite his disastrous advice in 1991 Colin Powell rose to ever greater power. He proved himself the quintessential diplomat whose faith lies in written agreements and who believes the way to peace is via empathic concern for our adversaries. Powell is a gifted, smooth as silk negotiator, who seems to have persuaded the President to treat the UN as a serious international body, rather than what it is, a collection of mostly authoritarian and autocratic governments, run by thugs with more in common with Saddam than with us. The nature of this body was again made clear by the recent overwhelming election of Libya to head the Human Rights commission. This placed the UN beyond parody. Yet our State Dept utopians continue to pay deference to the many countries in that august body, including some of our putative "allies", who were only too happy to see the United States suffer the blows of 9-11. The one benefit of our seemingly endless diplomacy at the UN is the emergence of a new clarity; we now know a lot more about our "allies", France and Germany. They are working tirelessly to persuade the world that the great threat to global security emanates not from Iraq, but from the power of the United States. By appeasing Saddam through the farcical Hans Blix "inspections" (Hans Blix seems able to find his table at Rao's more easily than he can locate Baghdad.) they pursue a policy that enmeshes us in endless UN process and requires us to ask permission before we can act. While the leaders of France and Germany speak of 'peace' what they have in mind is postponing action by the United States indefinitely. They are effectively supporting Saddam, hoping, in the tradition of appeasement, that he will turn his anthrax and Sarin against the United States rather than against his European trading partners. No doubt they will express eloquent sympathy when the U.S. counts the casualties in the next bioterror assault, courtesy of Saddam's laboratories. And what of the endless cant about not going to war except as a last resort? Have we forgotten we are at war, a war declared on us on 9-11, that Saddam continues to wage war on his own people and on American and British pilots, and that he quite openly supports suicide terror aimed at America's one democratic ally in the Middle East? Horsefeathers thinks it requires no Sherlock Holmes to deduce that Saddam is intimately involved with anti-American terror groups around the globe. With all this, the behavior of France and Germany can best be understood as dupicitous acts of realpolitik by countries lacking in military might, aimed at taming and weakening America's global power. Another powerful explanation has been offered by Steven den Beste who suspects that France and Germany wish to conceal the fact that for years, in violation of the UN embargo, they've been selling Saddam ingredients for his WMD programs. Countries change their national character about as readily as individuals. William Safire documents the treachery of the French, who played Colin Powell like a violin, assuring him of support and then turning on him. Yet Powell insisted to Jim Lehrer that he had not been sandbagged by the French. Not at all; perhaps it had all been a misunderstanding that requires a bit more consultation and discussion over a fine Burgundy. We would suggest that our diplomats be forced to read Mark Twain on the French. Long before the French added the art of appeasement to their highly developed art of cuisine he commented: "There is nothing lower than the human race-- except the French." He added: "The French are the connecting link between man & the monkey." However, if our multicultural diplomats find Mark Twain politically incorrect and therefore not worth reading, Horsefeathers would recommend the contemporary wit, Fran Lebowitz who made the following observation: "The French probably invented the very notion of discretion. It's not that they feel that what you don't know won't hurt you, they feel that what you don't know won't hurt them. To the French lying is simply talking." Hopefully even Colin Powell will awaken from his Dream of Reason-- the fantasy that all differences are due to misunderstandings and can be worked out through rational dialogue. If he does not, let us hope the President takes the policy reins out of the hands of the utopians and places them in the hands of the realists--Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Cheney. The hour is late, the peril grows and the temporizers are gaining strength. Peace follows victory. Hurry up please, it's time. Posted at 05:23 PM by
 
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Can I presume that since writing this you heard/read Powell's comments in the press conference w/ Jack Straw (who will always be "from Wichita" in my book, soory, can't help it...)"
In an article in today's New York Times, Powell is quoted as saying yesterday, "Let's not lose sight that the issue is the disarmament of Iraq, not how much more time the inspectors need, but how much more time we should give Iraq when they have not used the time they've already been given to do what is required of them, and that is to disarm." They also quote him as having said on Tuesday (perhaps from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, not sure...), "The question isn't how much longer do you need for the inspections to work. Inspections will not work."
Posted by: Frank on January 24, 2003 12:21 PMConcerning the "Frogs" what more is one to expect from a bunch of, "cheese-eating, surrender monkies"? [pace' Jonah Goldberg];)
Posted by: Paladin on January 27, 2003 03:17 PM"To the French lying is simply talking."
Nor are they the only culture to which this analysis applie. It would be a good thing if we (far too blunt) Americans could remember this in dealing with other cultures.
They will, from experience, believe our talk to be lies (and we will believe their talk to be truth). Think about it.
Posted by: Kathy K on January 27, 2003 09:38 PMScrew the French! Americans place too much weight on their opinion. The Americans will certainly come to the aid of the French (again), when they willingly give up their country to an invading army.
Posted by: Dan B. on February 10, 2003 12:05 PMIt is no accident that the word 'gall' and 'Gaul' are homonyms. Now the Feelthy Frogs, having shown their usual moral bankruptcy and cowardice in getting their Iraqi clents to give up their bioweapons, chemical weapons and burgeoning nuke capability, have decided that the Allies are serious about cleaning up Iraq ... and they want us out of the picture (only after the fighting is over, natch) so they and their limp-wristed, greedy buddies on the Security Council can continue to broker sweetheart weapons and petroleum deals. Screw the lot of them. Let's ram a decent secular constitution down their throats and keep Tommy Franks in there as Military Commander for a few years until we bring them out of the middle ages.
If we hadn't done that for the Japs after WW2 they'd have continued to plague the Pacific Rim by exporting their feudal tyranny as they had done for centuries.
If you let the French bastards in on the tail end they'll be just as corrupt and greedy as the current Iraqi regime.
Posted by: G. L. White on March 27, 2003 11:53 PMFrance is America's beyotch.
Posted by: Screw Myers on September 24, 2003 01:58 PMRE: Cheese-eating, surrender monkeys,
Welcome, Europeans.
First, I have lived in Europe for the last two years. I arrived here on 11 September.
So, let me share with both those in Europe and the U.S. what I have learned.
Let me begin by explaining SHAREA, Islamic law,:
1. Under Islamic law a warrior can only be a Muhajideen (go directly to Paradise when he or she is killed) if he or she dies in a Jihad.
2. Under SHAREA a Jihad (a holy war) can only be declared by a COUNTRY (that is, not by a political group such as Al Quaeda, Black September, or any TERRORIST group).
3. No COUNTRY has declared JIHAD. Therefore, these TERRORIST will NOT go directly to Paradise, but they will be JUDGED according to SHAREA.
4. SHAREA forbids the killing of Muslims (that is, as in Turkey, the World Trade Center, Iraq, a bus in Israel where a Muslim is going to work just to support his family, or any other non-selective [supposedly-MUSLIM] TERRORIST attack).
4. SHAREA forbids the killing of WOMEN (that is, as in Turkey, the World Trade Center, Iraq, a bus in Israel where a Muslim is going to work just to support his family, or any other non-selective [supposedly-MUSLIM] TERRORIST attack.
5. SHAREA forbids the killing of CHILDREN (that is, as in Turkey, the World Trade Center, Iraq,a bus in Israel where a Muslim is going to work just to support his family, or any other non-selective [supposedly-MUSLIM] TERRORIST attack.
Allah will NOT grant these HERETICS victory BECAUSE they violate HIS law.
IF THERE IS A TRUE MUSLIM IN THIS WORLD, ALLAH DEMANDS THAT YOU FIGHT THIS HERESY.
YOU, who claim to be true Muslims, know that Allah will hold YOU accountable for allowing this HERESY to PERVERT ISLAM!
As to you Europeans, why is America in Iraq?
39 SCUD missles landed in Israel during the first war with Iraq.
The Israelis lived in terror that one of those warheads would be loaded with nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. (Note, any student of history KNOWS that Suddan used chemical weapons agains the Kurds. So, there is absolutely no doubt that the son-of-a-bitch had weapons of mass destruction.)
For 12 years the U.S. and Israel attempted to work throught the U.N. to eliminate this threat to Israel. But, the U.N. is totally useless.
What did Europe do?
The same thing you did in WWII!
You turned on your Jews. Your parents and grandparents turned them in to the GESTAPO.
Your trains hauled them to Germany.
And, the Germans killed 6,000,000 of them.
It was the U.S, that saved some of them!
NAME ONE EUROPEAN COUNTRY WHOSE ARMY LIBERATED THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS (EXCEPT THE RUSSIANS [AND THEY'RE NOT EUROPEANS] THEY'RE THE ARMY THAT SUBJUGATED THE PEOPLE OF EASTERN EUROPE.
It was the U.S. that has been their ally! (Even after WWII you Europeans didn't have the guts to admit your mistake and make good by supporting Israel, you racists!)
Any Jew that naievely believes a European is a friend, should have a suitcase packed for the next time the Germans come.
You think I'm kidding?
The Germans didn't eliminate the STASI when the two Germanies were merged, and the Soviets had bred the STASI to hate YOU!
Read your newspapers! Here is your destiny!
The moderate Germans in the Bundestag will be
1. Blackmailed into supporting racist filth as under Hitler. READ THE VOTES!
2. Blackmailed into being quiet. READ THE VOTES!
3. Killed. Read your newspapers. There will be episodes of Bundestag throwing themselves out windows, shooting themselves, taking an overdose of sleeping pills, run over by unknown drivers om the streets, run off the autobahns, and died of heartattacks (as simulated by the KGB). READ YOUR NEWSPAPERS!
In 15 years the STASI will control Germany.And, you know something;this time we're not coming to save you!
But, for you Europeans that won't make any difference.
You have always hated the Jews!
The best that can be said of Europeans is that SOME of you didn't turn your Jewish neighbors in to the GESTAPO.
The worst that can be said of you Europeans is that all too many of you DID turn your Jewish neighbors in to the GESTAPO!
And, your national train systems hauled the victims to their DEATHS in the camps.
You, JEW-HATING-HYPOCRITES.
Jean d'Arc wasted her life dying for you. One in six people in France is a supposed-Muslim; though few will fight this HERESY and, therefore, their souls are doomed. The few Christians left in France are old, gray-haired people who will be dead in 20 years!
There's not a Christian left in Europe.
Kiss Jesus good-bye, Europe. Your destiny is to be Muslim!
Your daughters will bear Muslim babies. And, when you consider divorce, they will haul your children and grand-children to some Muslim country. So, kiss your family good-bye.
Cheap labor has sold your souls and the destiny of your countries.
This is the last Crusade. And, surely the last Christian nation in the world must fight this heresy alone, because there are no true Muslims left to fightfor Islam.
Posted by: Viet Vet on December 28, 2003 08:59 AM