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Politics : Your Thoughts Regarding France? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HH who wrote (189)	2/25/2003 4:53:12 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

Why the focus on France only? Because of France's higher credentials in regard to morality? Do you really believe that public opinion is duped by the US's cheap PR tactics of "divide, isolate and neutralize" its opponents (to the war)?? The US administration doesn't like to fight several (diplomatic) adversaries at the same time --hence it tries to isolate France and single it out as a pathetic, anti-American, anti-Semitic wannabe... Likewise, the US successfully isolated Turkey from Europe: isn't ironic that, while France, Germany, Belgium and Turkey all oppose a war against Iraq, they end up at opposite sides in NATO?!? Again, it's but the work of the US's cunning gamesmanship.... Will it last? Moscow and Berlin fall in line with Chirac By Jo Johnson in Paris and Haig Simonian in Berlin Published: February 24 2003 20:23 \| Last Updated: February 24 2003 Russian and German backing for Monday night's French memorandum to the Security Council on UN weapons inspections in Iraq is a coup for French foreign policy and the personal diplomacy of President Jacques Chirac. The memorandum states: "To render possible a peaceful solution, inspections should be given the necessary time and resources." However, it continues: "They can not continue indefinitely. Iraq must disarm. Its full and active co-operation is necessary. This must include the provision of all the additional and specific information on issues raised by the inspectors as well as compliance with their requests." The restatement of the Paris-Berlin-Moscow axis and commitment to further inspections appears to set three of the most influential Security Council members on a very different path from the US, UK and Spain, whose draft resolution was concurrently circulated to Security Council members and potentially sets the scene for war. [...] news.ft.com