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Yay for the Brits! (Suck it, France!)

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I assume you've all heard of the letter from the 8 European countries (UK, Spain, Italy, etc.) backing Bush's stance on Iraq? Seems France & Germany don't have quite the control over the EU that they wish they had.
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France and germany only want more time for the UN inspectors to do their jobs. I understand and support that possition
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Hmph. I don't really approve of Bush's war, but it's always nice to see the French fail at something.
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Alyrium Denryle wrote:France and germany only want more time for the UN inspectors to do their jobs. I understand and support that possition
Last time around they got seven years. There's no reason to expect them to be massively more success this time around. Inspections can only work with active Iraqi cooperation, the inspectors where never suppose to have to look for anything, Iraq would present everything it had ready to blow and it would then be destroyed while the inspectors watched. That's why it never worked, none of that happened. The inspector had to find stuff on their own, and then they had to blow it them selves.

Not surpassingly, a 100 or so people can't find much in a large countries that’s actively hiding the stuff. Iraq was given a second chance to actively cooperate. They haven't.

What France and Germany want is to delay everything until the summer heat makes a ground war impossible. Then France will have a chance collecting on 20 billion worth of Iraqi oil contracts in the future and Germany won't have to own up to selling Iraq its chemical weapons infrastructure again.
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I understood that only Germany wishes the inspectors more time, France don't want war since Iraq still owes them oodles of money. Same thing with Russia.[/i]
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Since when have those Frogs ever show they have a spine?

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I am so sick and freaking tired of those anti-Semitic, effeminate, cowardly French bastards screwing with the minds of everyone on the planet. Paris: the city of whores. France: looser of wars… they start them than leave! Why do we care about what they say? France has never been an asset, they are a liability and should be cut off from us altogether! We need to bomb them, kill all the froggie bastards and re-colonize the land with normal people!
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Last time I saw a statistic, ELEVEN PERCENT of France's oil was refined from illegal Iraqi crude. This war isn't just about oil, but France's attempt to keep the US and the West out of it is.
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We signed it (and wrote part of the text), and I'm glad.

Historically, our only allies are the English and the U.S. Nowadays, in case of trouble (say, a big bomb in the middle of Lisbon, compliments of the arabian terrorist league), the major military assistance would depend on both.

I'm all for a federal Europe, but not on the expense of betraying those who actually have helped us.
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Re: Yay for the Brits! (Suck it, France!)

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GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:I assume you've all heard of the letter from the 8 European countries (UK, Spain, Italy, etc.) backing Bush's stance on Iraq? Seems France & Germany don't have quite the control over the EU that they wish they had.
All those countries signed that piece of paper just out of calculation, not out of the depth of their deeply-felt friendship with the USA.

As for Germany: It's Schröder's only choice to be against the war, otherwise his coalition would go down in flaming ruins. And a German participation in a war, especially without a new UN resolution, could very well violate our constitution.
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pezcollectorguy wrote:I am so sick and freaking tired of those anti-Semitic, effeminate, cowardly French bastards screwing with the minds of everyone on the planet. Paris: the city of whores. France: looser of wars? they start them than leave! Why do we care about what they say? France has never been an asset, they are a liability and should be cut off from us altogether! We need to bomb them, kill all the froggie bastards and re-colonize the land with normal people!
Stuff it, will you?
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More intresting is the fact that France six months ago was falling overthemselves to jump onboard, Now they switched positions, Much like they did during the FIRST Gulf War where they venetmely opposed ANY action until American and British Troops started womping down Saddam's Troops then they where all on board

The France of Modern day, Or at the very least, the Adminstration of Modern Day France is repeating the errors of the past....

Did they not learn their lesson with Hitler?

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Alyrium Denryle wrote:France and germany only want more time for the UN inspectors to do their jobs. I understand and support that possition
BULL FUCKING SHIT! France (along with russia) has already signed an Oil rights treaty with Iraq! if Saddam's gov't falls that goes out the window.
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pezcollectorguy wrote:I am so sick and freaking tired of those anti-Semitic, effeminate, cowardly French bastards screwing with the minds of everyone on the planet. Paris: the city of whores. France: looser of wars… they start them than leave! Why do we care about what they say? France has never been an asset, they are a liability and should be cut off from us altogether! We need to bomb them, kill all the froggie bastards and re-colonize the land with normal people!
My wife, who is a gorgeous mediterranean-French woman, has asked me to verbally fuck you up until you are nothing more than a small pile of charred shit, thus in no way resembling the small pile of fresh shit you appear to be now.

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The French have quietly asked if the US will intend to honor the contracts they have with Iraq if they invade and take it over. Now I ask you where are those high moral ideals that the French aspire to? Give peace a chance? My ass....there's a reason why they're known as the whores of Europe.
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whores of europe :lol:

whats the old saying about the french? 'they fight with their feet and fuck with their face'?
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Col. Crackpot wrote:whores of europe :lol:

whats the old saying about the french? 'they fight with their feet and fuck with their face'?
I hear there's a sale on French rifles "Never been used and only dropped once." 8)
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Stravo wrote:There's a reason why they're known as the whores of Europe.
And there's a reason Americans are known as uneducated arrogant rednecks, Canadians are known as plaid-wearing lumberjacks, and the Japanese are known as honourable industrialists. Stereotypes, many of which have no bearing on real life.

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Stravo wrote:There's a reason why they're known as the whores of Europe.
And there's a reason Americans are known as uneducated arrogant rednecks, Canadians are known as plaid-wearing lumberjacks, and the Japanese are known as honourable industrialists. Stereotypes, many of which have no bearing on real life.

Sorry, but I get riled up when I see rampant bashing of a nation based on stereotypes or the antics of that nation's government.
Why, dear boy, do calm down! By jove I think we're onto something here, what-what.

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Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Lagmonster wrote:
Stravo wrote:There's a reason why they're known as the whores of Europe.
And there's a reason Americans are known as uneducated arrogant rednecks, Canadians are known as plaid-wearing lumberjacks, and the Japanese are known as honourable industrialists. Stereotypes, many of which have no bearing on real life.

Sorry, but I get riled up when I see rampant bashing of a nation based on stereotypes or the antics of that nation's government.
Why, dear boy, do calm down! By jove I think we're onto something here, what-what.

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It's amazing how many anti-france websites I found! Here's just a few. I really wasn't looking very hard. :twisted:

http://www.pub-internet.com/alloantiFT.htm

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/D ... 51542.html

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/haight/969/oui.html

http://www.fuckfrance.com/

http://www.boycottthepost.org/virtualjerusalem.html

All these sniveling pansies can do is yell insults from afar and hope they can scurry off before they are discovered. Iraq is a mere side issue. Even North Korea has a few positive things to add to the world arena. France on the other hand, is a fungus. A pestalence on humanity that must be lanced like a wart off a dogs ass. All the world should unite against the one true EVIL that is amoung us. Besides perfecting fine cuisine to better dine their whores, what have they done for the good of humanity? Nothing.
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One more thing...

"Also, Bush should bow down and kiss Tony Blair's ass for all the shmoozing he's done in Europe on our behalf." GrandAdmiralPrawn

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France's GOVERNMENT might be annoying, but I'll wager that the average French guy is no more annoying than the average New Yorker. The whole "getting in bed with Iraq" thing makes me wanna wish death to the government of France, but other than that, Frenchy-bashing isn't called for. The French GOVERNMENT are Frogs of the worst order, but not the people.
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pezcollectorguy wrote:It's amazing how many anti-france websites I found! Here's just a few. I really wasn't looking very hard. :twisted:

http://www.pub-internet.com/alloantiFT.htm

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/D ... 51542.html

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/haight/969/oui.html

http://www.fuckfrance.com/

http://www.boycottthepost.org/virtualjerusalem.html

All these sniveling pansies can do is yell insults from afar and hope they can scurry off before they are discovered. Iraq is a mere side issue. Even North Korea has a few positive things to add to the world arena. France on the other hand, is a fungus. A pestalence on humanity that must be lanced like a wart off a dogs ass. All the world should unite against the one true EVIL that is amoung us. Besides perfecting fine cuisine to better dine their whores, what have they done for the good of humanity? Nothing.
After fighting them for 400 years, the worst thing we did was make friends with them.

It's hard not to hate the French, like the Welsh, they have a nice country, shame about the people (and in the latter case, sheep).
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pezcollectorguy wrote:All these sniveling pansies can do is yell insults from afar and hope they can scurry off before they are discovered. Iraq is a mere side issue. Even North Korea has a few positive things to add to the world arena. France on the other hand, is a fungus. A pestalence on humanity that must be lanced like a wart off a dogs ass. All the world should unite against the one true EVIL that is amoung us. Besides perfecting fine cuisine to better dine their whores, what have they done for the good of humanity? Nothing.
I'm going to go out and assume here that you're joking when you call for the annihilation of an entire people for, well, no actual reason. So fuck off, kid.
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