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Kjell Nelin (Kjell)
New member
Username: Kjell
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 2:57 pm: | |
My sisterinlaw just moved from NY to Paris last
week. She reports a very friendly reception.
Most French people don't hate Americans, it
is the policy of our government they dislike.
I feel the same way...... |
David R. (Rodsky)
New member
Username: Rodsky
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 1:49 pm: | |
I am getting married in Septemeber and wont be going to France either. Italy here we come! I am trying to convince my Fiance that we need to go to Maranello.
Pity - cos Paris is really a great city and worth visiting. |
BretM (Bretm)
Advanced Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 3345
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 12:10 pm: | |
Time to jump on the bandwagon. Newsflash, the only remaining superpower doesn't give a sh_t if a bunch of pansies support their war effort. US goes to war, time for the French to try and jump on the coattails. I mean despite them being useless aholes they should still get something out of all this. Right? I mean they're still our ally...
I'd give em more respect if they threatened war with us. At least then one might confuse them for a nation that has balls again. |
ross koller (Ross)
Member
Username: Ross
Post Number: 955
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 7:40 am: | |
i'm not that worried. i just resent them, bigtime. |
William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member
Username: Countachxx
Post Number: 2184
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 7:38 am: | |
The French like drama, they are latins. They are also jealous of the US cus the US is The superpower now & they long for the good old days of the 19th C when France was the superpower.
I wouldnt be too worried about France. I doubt the French Govt would ever do anything blatant against the US people. They just want some attention |
wm hart (Whart)
Member
Username: Whart
Post Number: 856
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 7:33 am: | |
And let's not forget the descescration of the British tomb/graves in northern france by some of its more outspoken critics exercising their rights to "free speech." http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003150899,00.html |
Ernesto (T88power)
Intermediate Member
Username: T88power
Post Number: 1382
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 7:15 am: | |
I never wanted to go to France before, but was willing to give them a shot during my upcoming honeymoon since my wife-to-be very much wanted to go. I have now told her if she still wants to go to Paris, she can go alone. I'll wait for her in Maranello.
Ernesto |
ross koller (Ross)
Member
Username: Ross
Post Number: 954
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 7:08 am: | |
13:50 02Apr2003 RTRS-France worried over anti-US tone in Iraq protests
By Tom Heneghan
PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - A poll showing one-third of the French want the United States to lose the Iraq war has spread concern in Paris, prompting politicians to warn opponents of war not to protest more strongly against Washington than Baghdad.
With anti-war President Jacques Chirac silent, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has taken the lead in urging the French not to forget the United States is an ally of long standing while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is a dictator.
This new tone reflects growing official concern that France's staunch anti-war stand, which has badly strained relations with Washington, could be misinterpreted and cause even more tension among allies after the war ends.
SURPRISING POLL
The Ipsos poll, published on Monday in the daily Le Monde, showed that 78 percent of the French opposed the war on Iraq.
But 33 percent did not want a U.S.-British victory and 25 percent said they were clearly on Iraq's side.
France has been walking a tightrope trying to lead the anti-war countries and prompt the United States to work with the United Nations while not burning its bridges with an American ally it will have to work with after the war.
Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin added to the confusion in London last week when, after giving a speech on France's position, he declined to answer directly a question about whether Paris backed Washington or Baghdad.
The Republique du Centre newspaper from Orleans wrote on Wednesday that television footage of U.S. troops bombing Iraqi civilians was feeding an undercurrent of anti-Americanism.
"We'll agree not to confuse who is the enemy as long as somebody asks the United States to stop confusing its targets," it wrote in an editorial.
((Reporting by Tom Heneghan; editing by Emma Batha. [email protected]; Reuters Messaging: [email protected]; +33 1 4949 5085))
anybody still want to go on vacation in france? |