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(Yahoo)   Jacques Chirac is concerned that NATO doesn't do enough to promote peace; offers to donate a boatload of white flags   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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90 clicks; posted to Politics » on 28 Nov 2006 at 11:17 PM (16 years ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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2wolves [TotalFark]
2006-11-28 8:28:00 PM  
Got them when the C.S.A. went belly up?
 
NightOwl
2006-11-28 10:16:14 PM  
Looks like he was right all along about not going to Iraq, now, doesn't it subby.
 
Sloth_DC
2006-11-28 10:37:33 PM  
They withdrew from the "military side" of NATO, right? Fark 'em.
 
Churchill2004
2006-11-28 11:22:04 PM  
2wolves: Got them when the C.S.A. went belly up?


Huh? What the hell does the US Civil War have to do with anything?

Sloth_DC: They withdrew from the "military side" of NATO, right?

Pretty much. Thank De Gaulle for that. Their only real commitment to NATO is they remained tied by Article 5 (an attack on one is an attack on all), but they pretty much refuse to do any of the military integration that every other NATO member has done, save for some hardware stuff.
 
oldebayer
2006-11-29 12:10:47 AM  
In keeping with the fark tradition concerning the French, let me offer this: before accepting a boatload of white flags from the French, make sure they include enough detergent to wash the shiat-stains out of them.

Got an email today from John Edwards -- yes, he does email me personally -- about how NATO should send a force to Darfur. Can't quite figure out how Darfur got into the North Atlantic.
 
Churchill2004
2006-11-29 12:12:10 AM  
oldebayer: Can't quite figure out how Darfur got into the North Atlantic.

Well, Afghanistan isn't exactly covered by the North Atlantic Treaty, either.
 
Bhruic
2006-11-29 12:19:01 AM  
* Jacques Chirac is president of France.

No way!
 
Korovyov
2006-11-29 2:12:37 AM  
Not a bad piece, although I'd have to wonder what he's smokin' when talking about building a more 'trustful' relationship with Russia under the present circumstances.
 
prjindigo
2006-11-29 2:35:04 AM  
Jache does not understand what NATO is for...

NATO is there to KICK ASS AND NUKE BUBBLEHEADS not make peace.

they choose a biggoted overbearing loudmouth imbecil for their leader and claim we misjudge them?
 
Fragzav
2006-11-29 4:45:13 AM  
prjindigo: they choose a biggoted overbearing loudmouth imbecil for their leader and claim we misjudge them?

I LOLed
 
Dansker
2006-11-29 6:53:33 AM  
Sloth_DC:
They withdrew from the "military side" of NATO, right? Fark 'em.

They rejoined in 1993 and have special forces fighting alongside US troops in Afghanistan.
 
Sloth_DC
2006-11-29 7:19:24 AM  
Dansker: They rejoined in 1993

Right after the Soviets collapsed, eh?
 
Dansker
2006-11-29 7:45:28 AM  
Sloth_DC:
Right after the Soviets collapsed, eh?

And the same year that Jurassic Park was released in theaters!
Coincidence? Not likely!
 
Liche
2006-11-29 10:32:19 AM  
Dumb frogs.

/Fark France
 
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