France rejects "war on terror"

[maddezmom]

PARIS (Reuters) - France issued an implicit criticism of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a "war on terror."

Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, speaking in parliament, expressed these views on global terrorism, while President Jacques Chirac backed France's claims to the international front rank with a fresh defense of his country's nuclear arsenal.

Villepin noted Chirac's strong opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and said the Arab state had now sunk into violence and was feeding new regional crises.

"Let us not forget that these crises play into the hands of all extremists," the prime minister said in a debate on the Middle East. "We can see this with terrorism, whether it tries to strike inside or outside our frontiers," he added.

"Against terrorism, what's needed is not a war. It is, as France

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060907/wl_nm/security_france_dc

[mike_c]

1. now if only the Democrats would do the same....

The WOT is a scam, and our leaders have all guzzled the Koolaid with apparent gusto.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Spiral Hawk rejects the War on Freedom

So the BushCo Christofascists and the bin Laden Islamofascits can all just, in the immortal words of freedom-hating demagogue Bill O"loofah Reilly, "shut up, shut up, shut up. And sit down."


BushCo republicons must stop the torture. BushCo Skull & Bones occult republicons must stop the torture in the name of the American People. It is wrong. It is immoral. It is anti-American. It is anti-freedom.

[Dhalgren]

3. Vive La France!

Isn't it refreshing to hear politicians who speak and act like adults? Imagine, leaders who actually have their own country's best interests at heart. Why is the US so fucking backward?

[Jim__]

4. we will only end this curse if we also fight against injustice, violence

From the article: "But we will only end this curse if we also fight against injustice, violence and these crises," he said.

If only we had politicians who understood that.

[0007]

5. Give the country back to the Indians....

I'm doggone tired of shorty kicking the shit out out of the U.S.!!

[MrPrax]

6. First part is good...

but then

"..."In an uncertain world, facing constantly evolving threats, nuclear dissuasion guarantees our vital interests," Chirac said on a visit to France's Atomic Energy Commission nuclear simulation facility at Bruyeres-le-Chatel near Paris.

He stressed that France was committed to funding continuing research and development into nuclear weapons technology.

"There can be no great ambition without adequate means, that's clear," he said. "The position of countries is never guaranteed. In the 21st century, only those which make science a genuine priority will stay ahead."

Why? They got enough nukes and they don't need anymore. Spend the money on the French, not French nukes.

[frankieT]

7. He got a point. If IRAN goes out of NPT

they can argue that world is unsafe, especially in their region and every decent leader in Iran should pursue nuclear deterrence to protect them from US, Israel, GB, China, Russia, Pakistan etc...

[fshrink]

8. The only problem is that

destabilization and increase in terrorism in the ME was indeed the strategic goal in the first place. That amounts to saying that the plan did work. Which nobody can say. Unless some big wig is decent enough to state it publicly. Which will not happen.