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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jamey who wrote (9830)	1/19/2006 4:05:01 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Chirac trying to outwarmonger Bush. People who have been under the illusion that the European ruling elites have anything more than minor tactical disagreements with the Bushies need to think again. The French war against the Algerians during the 1950s was bloodier than anything yet seen in Iraq and a hundred times bloodier than the 1941-44 German occupation. Chirac threatens nuclear weapons against 'terrorist' states By: AFP on: 19.01.2006 [19:25 ] (123 reads) (3878 bytes) [c] Chirac threatens nuclear weapons against 'terrorist' states 01-19-2006, 14h52 ILE LONGUE MILITARY BASE, France (AFP) French President Jacques Chirac comes aboard "The Vigilant" nuclear submarine, at l'Ile Longue military base, in the northwestern region of Brittany. Chirac for the first time warned Today that France could use nuclear weapons against states that launch or plan "terrorist" attacks against it involving weapons of mass destruction. (AFP/Pool) President Jacques Chirac for the first time raised the threat of a nuclear strike on any state that launches "terrorist" attacks against France. He also said France's doctrine of nuclear deterrence has been extended to protect the country's "strategic supplies", taken to mean oil. "Leaders of any state that uses terrorist means against us, as well as any that may be envisaging — in one way or another — using weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would be exposing themselves to a firm and appropriate response on our behalf," he said. "That response could be conventional, it could also be of another nature," Chirac said in a clear reference to nuclear weapons during a visit to a French nuclear base in the northwestern region of Brittany. The president said he was extending the definition of "vital interests" protected by France's nuclear umbrella to include allies and "strategic supplies". The French press understood "strategic supplies" to include oil. Le Monde newspaper said that was aimed "probably also at those countries from which France imports part of its energy needs". "If, theoretically, such interests were threatened by regional powers — Iran, North Korea? — France would react," the daily said. The French president, however, did not single out any country in his speech. He did indicate, though, that the previous Cold War stance of threatening massive and widespread destruction against enemies had been changed to a doctrine permitting a graduated and limited nuclear response. "Faced with a regional power, our choice is not between doing nothing and annihilating it," he said. France has configured its nuclear arsenal to be able to respond "flexibly and reactively" to any threat, by reducing the number of nuclear heads on certain missiles on board its submarines, he said. Such a move would enable it to conduct strikes on specific targets and limit the zone of destruction. "It would be up to the president of the republic to evaluate the potential magnitude and consequences of unacceptable threats or blackmail against our interests," he said. Such a situation could lead a French head of state to declare those "vital interests," Chirac said. He said "the fight against terrorism is obviously one of our priorities," but he added that "it is not because a new threat appears that it causes all the others to disappear. "Our world is marked by the emergence of affirmations of power that rely on the possession of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons." In an apparent reference to Iran, Chirac condemned "the temptation by certain countries to obtain nuclear capabilities in contravention of treaties." Iran's government is pursuing a nuclear development programme, stoking fears among major powers that it will be used to make nuclear weapons. France's opposition parties were split in their reaction to Chirac's statements. The Socialist Party, through one-time prime minister Laurent Fabius, said there was nothing shocking about the position put forward. But Helene Luc, a senator with the smaller Communist Party and member of a defence committee, said: "This extension of the concept of nuclear dissuasion takes us back years to the Cold War and can only deepen tensions with countries that aspire to have such weapons." turkishpress.com

To: Jamey who wrote (9830)	1/19/2006 4:43:52 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

James > Scary stuff on these links. Yes, and stuff you won't be reading in the NYT > "The foreign policy objectives have been stated, planned and are currently being executed according to PNAC. That is clear and cuts through the BS. 100% correct, everything starts from there. That and the Clean Break are the "mein kampf" policy statements of the neocons and the cause of everything that is happening in the Mid east. Read the names at the end of this link and you will know some of the people who are responsible, also for 9/11. iasps.org These people are mad, stark raving mad, obsessed with their own power and fantasies. Before they are finally disposed of they will be the cause of much unnecessary misfortune and misery in this world. They will bring about the end of the US as we knew it -- and maybe even the end of the US as it will be -- and also Israel, which in the circumstances may not be such a bad thing. It's impossible to even imagine the world which will follow after that.