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| Mar 11th, 2003 06:57 PM | |
| mburbank | Is there some reason you can't be the girl Pantitude? |
| Mar 11th, 2003 02:19 PM | |
| FS |
Aha! France misbehaved then, NOW IT'S AMERICA'S TURN! 
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| Mar 11th, 2003 01:01 PM | |
| El Blanco |
Don't forget how France didn't go through the UN, but NATO instead. This way, they didn't need to go through that messy Security Council and get vetoed by Russia. And why were NATO countries going into a non-member state that posed no threat to other member nations? |
| Mar 11th, 2003 12:25 PM | |
| Anonymous |
Remember when..... Remember when France asked (begged) us to help in Kosovo - trying to force a regime change and get rid of Milosevic? I do. http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/19...022140550.html My favorite parts... The general singled out France, which, as he put it, "played the red flag" against targeting several sites that the alliance's military leaders believed should have been destroyed. He also complained that France flew less than 8 percent of the military strikes against Yugoslav forces, and still had veto power over targets. Short blamed the U.S. civilian leaders for not putting pressure on France to allow a tougher military campaign. He said using such pressure is the responsibility of the United States because it is the predominant NATO member. "I understand how strongly the French feel their national positions, but I felt the United States of America was in a position to leverage our being the 'big dog.' " Clark agreed that strong U.S. pressure on its allies, plus a decisive use of military force -- including the use of allied ground forces -- would have meant a shorter war that may have driven Milosevic from power. *** "I think one of the lessons that comes out of this is the need that once you cross the threshold, to move as rapidly as possible to the [most] decisive use of force as possible within the military feasibility and the political constraints which drive the war; and secondly, to use all of the elements of power, not just the military means, to secure your objectives." *** http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupb/bb1/arch...6041999-03.htm My favorite part... "The United States, Germany, Turkey, Norway, Greece and Canada have agreed to receive up to 120,000 Kosovo refugees, but France has so far refused to open its door to the refugees."[/url] |
