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To: mistermj who wrote (4343)	2/18/2003 8:50:53 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

"France and Germany can no longer control the continent," he said. "America has too many friends in Europe who realize that America and Europe are one civilization." Interesting view.... What I find of interest also is that these candidate nations to both the EU and NATO know that, by playing both sides and pitting each entity against the other, they obtain significant leverage. If the EU becomes to domineering, then these small states use NATO to subvert the EU (with the result that Chirac throws a tantrum).. Hawk

To: mistermj who wrote (4343)	2/19/2003 11:36:15 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 15987

If even one of the US Administration had the chutzpah to say what Chirac said, can you just imagine the worldwide ruckus that would have followed the comments....? Chirac showed his true thoughts, that is for sure. With a paucity of finesse that would have rivaled Donald Rumsfeld, Chirac told the new Europeans their positions were "dangerous" and "reckless." Indeed, he said, they "would have done better to shut up" than sign on to letters, one involving eight countries organized by Britain, and the other taking in the Vilnius Group of 10 EU and NATO candidate countries, that supported the position on Iraq of the United States. . And Chirac threatened. He said it would take the vote of only one current EU member in a national referendum to block the entire enlargement process. As for Romania and Bulgaria - perhaps singled out as ingrates because they are grant-supported members of the French-funded organization of nations nurturing the French language - Chirac said, "If they had tried to decrease their chances for getting in Europe, they couldn't have done a better job."