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Here is a brief synops regarding the "peace loving" French by a brother of mine:
Here is food for thought regarding the current French Government's posture as it relates to their positioning versus the United Nations and the U.S. I threw in a brief military history for good measure. I was annoyed sufficiently with the French position that I did a bit of research as shown below. I was not surprised that my opinions paralleled those of many others. While the basic content of my research is negative, I am not overly surprised. I could not find any (other than the Iraqi newspapers) U.S. based information that concurred with or supported the French position, notwithstanding our youngest vocal college aged non-voting student population.
If you have the time to or patience read what other countries think of the current U.S. state of affairs, here is a link to many U.S. and foreign newspapers. It is an extensive list. http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
Feel free to pass this message onto your Family and friends, should you concur with the postulates and positions.
Pennsylvania State US Representative (Stephen B.) has submitted a legislative "Bill" to ban French Wines in his State. His position is that the recent actions of the French Government is putting US Service men & Women at risk and he does not want to reward France for their position on combating terrorism and ignoring the obvious threats that Saddam and his regime present. This U.S. Rep is also considering pulling all imported German Beer from his State. March 4, 2003, Neil Cavoto - Fox News.
Recall the popular French Post World War II quote: "Nous n'oublions pas" {We Will Never Forget} - Seems the French Government has forgotten the ultimate sacrifices the US, British, and Canadian Soldiers made during June 1944 on the Beaches of Normandy.
(See Cartoons at The NY Post for Jan & Feb 2003) http://www.nypost.com/delonas/2003/022003.htm
US Senator John McCain - Arizona. When rudely confronted by a French Government Official, McCain asked this French executive if he spook German. When the official responded "no", McCain responded simply with "you are welcome" and walked away.
"Going to War without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You're merely leaving behind a lot of noisy, worthless baggage."- From an American representative to Canada's CBC.
"FOR SALE: Thousands French WWII Military Rifles - Like New, Never fired, only dropped once".
Ripley's: The smallest book in the world "The book of French Military Heroes".
France demands "more time" for the UN sanctioned Weapons Inspectors in Iraq - They state 4 additional months are needed. This should be sufficient time for France to destroy all their documentation defining their sale(s) of "dual-use" products to Iraq and to button-up their in progress oil contracts with their financial Partner Saddam.
Hoping to profit from lucrative commercial contracts in Iraq, France has called for an easing of U.N. and U.S. economic sanctions with a view toward the eventual conclusion/finalization of their joint business deals.
France developed Iraq's nuclear industry. (Israel subsequently destroyed it.) Today, many French companies have lucrative contracts with Saddam's regime. Oil giant Company TotalFinaElf is better positioned than any other foreign oil company, holding the rights to develop two gigantic Iraqi oil fields. If Saddam is overthrown, all these benefits may evaporate.
France has won/assumed the first place position among Iraq's preferred trading partners.
Iraq's best jet fighters were purchased from France. The Mirage F-1 is considered to be a state of the art strike-fighter capable of launching advanced missiles. Iraq is estimated to have 60 French F-1 fighters. This begs the question "does France continue to have $rich$ maintenance and "parts" contracts for these Warplanes?"
Another Version: France supplied Iraq with sophisticated weaponry, including Mirage F1 fighter-bombers, Super Etendard aircraft equipped with Exocet anti-ship missiles, and equipment to improve the accuracy and range of Scud missiles. The sales are estimated at $20 billion.
@ France provided Iraq with a light-water Nuclear Reactor, Osirak, which was specifically designed to be unsuitable for the production of plutonium for a bomb. What really happened: The centerpiece of this effort was a French-built
Osirak-type nuclear reactor now turning out plutonium at Tuwaitah. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Osirak
§ In the New York Post, admittedly not a bastion of journalistic restraint, an editorial called for a French boycott. The paper even published a photo of a Normandy cemetery and pointed out that while Americans had died defending France against Hitler and the Nazis, today's French government clearly have a short memory. The French resented this but had little footing for their misplaced resentment.
France has long served as Iraq's principal European supplier, shipping in everything from Peugeot minibuses to Alcatel communications equipment. It bitterly denounced air attacks by U.S. and British warplanes against Iraqi targets last month (February). After reluctantly backing few aspects of the American "smart sanctions" plan, France has experienced severe commercial retaliation and seen its trade with Iraq cut in half over the last six months. Here are a few photos of French President J. Chirac with Saddam:
· Saddam Hussein made his first and only visit to a western capital. At a Paris airport, Chirac called Hussein his "personal friend." Hussein agreed to sell France huge quantities of oil.
France, Iraq's largest western trade partner, had 81 companies housed at the recent Baghdad International Trade Fair. The USA had none. Significantly, Iraq's former adversaries Saudi Arabia and Iran both had large pavilions.
Another Version: At the 35th annual Baghdad international trade fair in November 2002, France was represented by 81 firms. Saddam Hussein gave the French and Germans priority in entering the Iraqi market. Regarding the Germans, this commercial priority was granted as a result of "the firm positive stand of Germany in rejecting the launching of a military attack against Iraq by the U.S," according to Al-Iraq, a government-run newspaper. "The importance of this fair is that it is a clear message that despite the risk of bombing, all these companies and all these countries still believe in peace," said Jihad Feghali, the managing Director of France's Nutris Company. The sanctions committee at the U.N. that reviews contracts between Iraq and international companies is constantly delaying and holding up Feghali contracts for review of dual-usage i.e. military value.
A report about Chirac's attempt to return to the premiership, the New York Times reported that the French official "has said many times that he is a personal friend of Saddam Hussein of Iraq."
Iranians referred to Chirac as "Shah-Iraq" and Israelis spoke of the Osirak reactor as "O-Chirac."
Iraq's best jet fighter was purchased from France. The Mirage F-1 is considered to be a state of the art strike-fighter capable of launching advanced missiles. France has sold over 700 Mirage F-1 fighters to over 11 nations. Iraq is estimated to have 60 F-1 fighters in its air force inventory.(MaxNews.com February, 2003)
Here is food for thought regarding the current French Government's posture as it relates to their positioning versus the United Nations and the U.S. I threw in a brief military history for good measure. I was annoyed sufficiently with the French position that I did a bit of research as shown below. I was not surprised that my opinions paralleled those of many others. While the basic content of my research is negative, I am not overly surprised. I could not find any (other than the Iraqi newspapers) U.S. based information that concurred with or supported the French position, notwithstanding our youngest vocal college aged non-voting student population.
If you have the time to or patience read what other countries think of the current U.S. state of affairs, here is a link to many U.S. and foreign newspapers. It is an extensive list. http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
Feel free to pass this message onto your Family and friends, should you concur with the postulates and positions.
Pennsylvania State US Representative (Stephen B.) has submitted a legislative "Bill" to ban French Wines in his State. His position is that the recent actions of the French Government is putting US Service men & Women at risk and he does not want to reward France for their position on combating terrorism and ignoring the obvious threats that Saddam and his regime present. This U.S. Rep is also considering pulling all imported German Beer from his State. March 4, 2003, Neil Cavoto - Fox News.
Recall the popular French Post World War II quote: "Nous n'oublions pas" {We Will Never Forget} - Seems the French Government has forgotten the ultimate sacrifices the US, British, and Canadian Soldiers made during June 1944 on the Beaches of Normandy.
(See Cartoons at The NY Post for Jan & Feb 2003) http://www.nypost.com/delonas/2003/022003.htm
US Senator John McCain - Arizona. When rudely confronted by a French Government Official, McCain asked this French executive if he spook German. When the official responded "no", McCain responded simply with "you are welcome" and walked away.
"Going to War without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You're merely leaving behind a lot of noisy, worthless baggage."- From an American representative to Canada's CBC.
"FOR SALE: Thousands French WWII Military Rifles - Like New, Never fired, only dropped once".
Ripley's: The smallest book in the world "The book of French Military Heroes".
France demands "more time" for the UN sanctioned Weapons Inspectors in Iraq - They state 4 additional months are needed. This should be sufficient time for France to destroy all their documentation defining their sale(s) of "dual-use" products to Iraq and to button-up their in progress oil contracts with their financial Partner Saddam.
Hoping to profit from lucrative commercial contracts in Iraq, France has called for an easing of U.N. and U.S. economic sanctions with a view toward the eventual conclusion/finalization of their joint business deals.
France developed Iraq's nuclear industry. (Israel subsequently destroyed it.) Today, many French companies have lucrative contracts with Saddam's regime. Oil giant Company TotalFinaElf is better positioned than any other foreign oil company, holding the rights to develop two gigantic Iraqi oil fields. If Saddam is overthrown, all these benefits may evaporate.
France has won/assumed the first place position among Iraq's preferred trading partners.
Iraq's best jet fighters were purchased from France. The Mirage F-1 is considered to be a state of the art strike-fighter capable of launching advanced missiles. Iraq is estimated to have 60 French F-1 fighters. This begs the question "does France continue to have $rich$ maintenance and "parts" contracts for these Warplanes?"
Another Version: France supplied Iraq with sophisticated weaponry, including Mirage F1 fighter-bombers, Super Etendard aircraft equipped with Exocet anti-ship missiles, and equipment to improve the accuracy and range of Scud missiles. The sales are estimated at $20 billion.
@ France provided Iraq with a light-water Nuclear Reactor, Osirak, which was specifically designed to be unsuitable for the production of plutonium for a bomb. What really happened: The centerpiece of this effort was a French-built
Osirak-type nuclear reactor now turning out plutonium at Tuwaitah. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Osirak
§ In the New York Post, admittedly not a bastion of journalistic restraint, an editorial called for a French boycott. The paper even published a photo of a Normandy cemetery and pointed out that while Americans had died defending France against Hitler and the Nazis, today's French government clearly have a short memory. The French resented this but had little footing for their misplaced resentment.
France has long served as Iraq's principal European supplier, shipping in everything from Peugeot minibuses to Alcatel communications equipment. It bitterly denounced air attacks by U.S. and British warplanes against Iraqi targets last month (February). After reluctantly backing few aspects of the American "smart sanctions" plan, France has experienced severe commercial retaliation and seen its trade with Iraq cut in half over the last six months. Here are a few photos of French President J. Chirac with Saddam:
· Saddam Hussein made his first and only visit to a western capital. At a Paris airport, Chirac called Hussein his "personal friend." Hussein agreed to sell France huge quantities of oil.
France, Iraq's largest western trade partner, had 81 companies housed at the recent Baghdad International Trade Fair. The USA had none. Significantly, Iraq's former adversaries Saudi Arabia and Iran both had large pavilions.
Another Version: At the 35th annual Baghdad international trade fair in November 2002, France was represented by 81 firms. Saddam Hussein gave the French and Germans priority in entering the Iraqi market. Regarding the Germans, this commercial priority was granted as a result of "the firm positive stand of Germany in rejecting the launching of a military attack against Iraq by the U.S," according to Al-Iraq, a government-run newspaper. "The importance of this fair is that it is a clear message that despite the risk of bombing, all these companies and all these countries still believe in peace," said Jihad Feghali, the managing Director of France's Nutris Company. The sanctions committee at the U.N. that reviews contracts between Iraq and international companies is constantly delaying and holding up Feghali contracts for review of dual-usage i.e. military value.
A report about Chirac's attempt to return to the premiership, the New York Times reported that the French official "has said many times that he is a personal friend of Saddam Hussein of Iraq."
Iranians referred to Chirac as "Shah-Iraq" and Israelis spoke of the Osirak reactor as "O-Chirac."
Iraq's best jet fighter was purchased from France. The Mirage F-1 is considered to be a state of the art strike-fighter capable of launching advanced missiles. France has sold over 700 Mirage F-1 fighters to over 11 nations. Iraq is estimated to have 60 F-1 fighters in its air force inventory.(MaxNews.com February, 2003)
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