November 18, 200520 yr Is anyone surprised by this? The French didn't oppose the war on moral grounds, they were bought off ( in addition to the fact that they sold weapons to Iraq illegally ). Im waiting for Chirac to admit his level of complicity in this affair.
November 18, 200520 yr QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Nov 18, 2005 -> 05:01 PM) Im waiting for Chirac to admit his level of complicity in this affair. NEVER.gonnna.happen.
November 18, 200520 yr QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Nov 18, 2005 -> 11:01 AM) Is anyone surprised by this? The French didn't oppose the war on moral grounds, they were bought off ( in addition to the fact that they sold weapons to Iraq illegally ). Im waiting for Chirac to admit his level of complicity in this affair. LOL Nuke.. you were typing for a while there and I was looking forward to a good "eff those mf'ing stupid ass french jags.. etc, etc.. " post.
November 18, 200520 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 18, 2005 -> 11:03 AM) LOL Nuke.. you were typing for a while there and I was looking forward to a good "eff those mf'ing stupid ass french jags.. etc, etc.. " post. That was back in the spring of 2003 when we found all that military hardware stamped: Made in France.
November 18, 200520 yr The only thing I am shocked about is that he admitted it. I have been talking about this for years now, and only the secondary media seems to care about the stories. Everyone is interested in all things Bush leading up to the war, but no one seems to care what anyone else's motivations and actions were, no matter how criminal they were. This scandal extended into the German, Russian, and Chinese governments too, not to mention the upper echelon of the UN, but no one talks about any of that.
November 18, 200520 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2005 -> 11:41 AM) The only thing I am shocked about is that he admitted it. I have been talking about this for years now, and only the secondary media seems to care about the stories. Everyone is interested in all things Bush leading up to the war, but no one seems to care what anyone else's motivations and actions were, no matter how criminal they were. This scandal extended into the German, Russian, and Chinese governments too, not to mention the upper echelon of the UN, but no one talks about any of that. Haven't you heard? Bush is the devil himself while the Russians, French, Chinese and Kofi and son are all saints. :rolly
November 18, 200520 yr QUOTE(mreye @ Nov 18, 2005 -> 12:30 PM) I can't seem to find this on cnn.com. Fox News will pick up on this soon........then the other networks wont have a choice.
November 18, 200520 yr The Frenchman, who holds the title "ambassador for life", I guess it's time to call Pat Robertson...... :headshake
November 19, 200520 yr I loved his justification: "All trouble is worth a wage." Idiot. And all wages are worthy of being reported to the tax authorities. Oops. I guess he didn’t do that.
November 19, 200520 yr And you know, as bad as it is/was that he did -- he's got the balls to own up to making a mistake & taking personal responsibility for it unlike certain Presidents/administrations we have now. /snark //drunk And MrEye, why would you expect to find this in the American media? All the American media is not necessarily liberal/conservative -- but they're just f***ing lazy. We get more stories about Katie "I've been indoctrinated into a religion that believes a giant alien named Xenu created the universe" Holmes and Tom Cruise trying to kill Oprah and jump on her couch than we do of things that actually have consequence like items on foreign policy/foreign affairs.
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