On world stage, France's role is audience favorite

[pilferk]

I heard French people were responsible too for Eve eating the apple or something.

Yeah, but DAMN did it taste good when they were done with it...

[Axl_owns_dexter]

India better like us.  We give them enough of our IT jobs.   

[SLCPUNK]

I heard French people were responsible too for Eve eating the apple or something.

Yeah, but DAMN did it taste good when they were done with it...

Add a stick of butter to anything it's gonna taste good....

[Charity Case]

Yea but we (the US) have GNR and France doesn't.     And that is something everyone here can relate to.  Wait a minute, there is no GNR...my bad.

This discussion is pointless.  Who cares about popularity....I'd rather have influence, which is soemthing the richest countries will always have.  Look at it this way, if you are rich you always get a date.   

France stood up to the US leading up to the war (can anyone say oil for food scandal), and look what influence they actual weilded.  None.  They bunked up a UN vote and it didn't really matter one bit. 

[Axl_owns_dexter]

I agree with France's decision to stay out of the war.  But they looked like an old whore who had lost her looks doing it.


Metaphors people...metaphors.

[Axl_owns_dexter]

To be fair.  I am much more concerned about how China and India (next 2 superpowers) view us than France or Germany.

[SLCPUNK]

Yea but we (the US) have GNR and France doesn't.     And that is something everyone here can relate to.  Wait a minute, there is no GNR...my bad.

This discussion is pointless.  Who cares about popularity....I'd rather have influence, which is soemthing the richest countries will always have.  Look at it this way, if you are rich you always get a date.   

France stood up to the US leading up to the war (can anyone say oil for food scandal), and look what influence they actual weilded.  None.  They bunked up a UN vote and it didn't really matter one bit. 

Personally I'd rather be right.

France was right.

Besides even the USA was on the take in the oil for food scandal. Hypocrites as usual, just like the people who support our lying government now.

[Dr. Blutarsky]

Yea but we (the US) have GNR and France doesn't.? ?? And that is something everyone here can relate to.? Wait a minute, there is no GNR...my bad.

This discussion is pointless.? Who cares about popularity....I'd rather have influence, which is soemthing the richest countries will always have.? Look at it this way, if you are rich you always get a date.? ?

France stood up to the US leading up to the war (can anyone say oil for food scandal), and look what influence they actual weilded.? None.? They bunked up a UN vote and it didn't really matter one bit.?

Personally I'd rather be right.

France was right.

Besides even the USA was on the take in the oil for food scandal. Hypocrites as usual, just like the people who support our lying government now.

France did not like the US going into Iraq since Saddam was a good trading partner of theirs, so they got pissed at us.

 

[SLCPUNK]

Somebody has been watching O'Reilly again....

[Guns N RockMusic]

Somebody has been watching O'Reilly again....

You can deny it all you want SLC and you can even try to avoid the issue by pointing fingers.? France, Germany and Russia were the big 3 behind the oil for food scandal.? France has made it a point to oppose any and all US ideas for quite some time now.? I believe Rumsfield put it best when he called France and Germany "Old Europe." Someone doesn't want to go quietly in to the night; France's position as a world leader ended some time ago.? I ask for the third time, what ACTIONS has France taken to earn this position that this scientific poll has given it?

The whole title of this thread is funny to me. "On World Stage, france's role is audience favorite".? France isn't even on the damn stage.? France is more like a bourgouise/elitist commentator that attacks every move the actors make.? I've said it before and I'll say it again - I was against the war from day one, so don't label me some right wing ideologue blinded by neo-con agenda.? However, while france was making big bucks helping Sadam delaying a thorough search for WMDs (by the way SLC, are you stating that because we've found every component of WMDs in Iraq, just not the complied weapons that the case for WMDs is invalid) the US took legal action through UN resolutions.? If Bush stated that the sky was Blue, France would call him a cowboy and wait 10 years for UN inspectors to validate it.

France was/is a great country, but its influence on the global community is fading.? France's only hope is to merge into a larger EU Nation which to the best of my knowledge isn't gonna happen anytime soon.? Once Germany fully rebuilds Eastern germany, they're gonna toss the EU yolk and work on reestablishing its own global authority.? When that happens, you can kiss any hopes of a EU nation good-bye.

[SLCPUNK]

Somebody has been watching O'Reilly again....

 France, Germany and Russia were the big 3 behind the oil for food scandal.

Oh they were huh?

Don't forget the USA, they were on the take too.......

Opting to look the other way while  Turkey and Jordan benefited from the majority of the smuggled oil, since they were allies of ours.

The The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (currently chaired by Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)) said this:

"The United States (government) was not only aware of Iraqi oil sales which violated UN sanctions and provided the bulk of the illicit money Saddam Hussein obtained from circumventing UN sanctions. On occasion, the United States actually facilitated the illicit oil sales."

Their report went on to say that "United States accounted for 52% of all oil-voucher kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein. The largest of these recipients, Houston based Bayoil and its CEO, Bay Chalmers have been indicted by the US Department of Justice for their actions."

So give it a rest about France already and quit watching so much O'reilly.

[Rain]

Yea but we (the US) have GNR and France doesn't.? ?? And that is something everyone here can relate to.? Wait a minute, there is no GNR...my bad.

This discussion is pointless.? Who cares about popularity....I'd rather have influence, which is soemthing the richest countries will always have.? Look at it this way, if you are rich you always get a date.? ?

France stood up to the US leading up to the war (can anyone say oil for food scandal), and look what influence they actual weilded.? None.? They bunked up a UN vote and it didn't really matter one bit.?

Personally I'd rather be right.

France was right.

Besides even the USA was on the take in the oil for food scandal. Hypocrites as usual, just like the people who support our lying government now.

France did not like the US going into Iraq since Saddam was a good trading partner of theirs, so they got pissed at us.

 

Yeah right and that's the reason why Miterrand sent thousands of soldiers down there in the early nineties ! 
And the world is so black and white with you guys ! That's pretty amazing ...
It's becoming ridiculous, I'm here defending my government and at the time yesterday as the general strike was taking place I was and still am so anti-this-government. I don't know how you make me take so radical stands.
France has its share of stains too - torture in Algeria - multi things in Africa - the difference is that you won't see french people defending our soldiers or french pride when talking about these shits...

[Rain]

Somebody has been watching O'Reilly again....

You can deny it all you want SLC and you can even try to avoid the issue by pointing fingers.? France, Germany and Russia were the big 3 behind the oil for food scandal.? France has made it a point to oppose any and all US ideas for quite some time now.? I believe Rumsfield put it best when he called France and Germany "Old Europe." Someone doesn't want to go quietly in to the night; France's position as a world leader ended some time ago.? I ask for the third time, what ACTIONS has France taken to earn this position that this scientific poll has given it?

The whole title of this thread is funny to me. "On World Stage, france's role is audience favorite".? France isn't even on the damn stage.? France is more like a bourgouise/elitist commentator that attacks every move the actors make.? I've said it before and I'll say it again - I was against the war from day one, so don't label me some right wing ideologue blinded by neo-con agenda.? However, while france was making big bucks helping Sadam delaying a thorough search for WMDs (by the way SLC, are you stating that because we've found every component of WMDs in Iraq, just not the complied weapons that the case for WMDs is invalid) the US took legal action through UN resolutions.? If Bush stated that the sky was Blue, France would call him a cowboy and wait 10 years for UN inspectors to validate it.

France was/is a great country, but its influence on the global community is fading.? France's only hope is to merge into a larger EU Nation which to the best of my knowledge isn't gonna happen anytime soon.? Once Germany fully rebuilds Eastern germany, they're gonna toss the EU yolk and work on reestablishing its own global authority.? When that happens, you can kiss any hopes of a EU nation good-bye.

Wow, I don't know but I have the feeling to keep on reading the same post for weeks now ... I'm happy to read that France was and still is a great country ...
And better of all is your forsight for EU !  You came with it all alone ? Germany already is the most important country economically in the EU ! They are the one taking the most avantages of it.  And by the way the people in most european countries are pro-european and sorry to say that but that counts ! The people are the reason German and french troops stayed at home !

[Genesis]

India better like us.  We give them enough of our IT jobs.   

Ah:

Outsourcing we will go, Outsourcing we will go!
We'll catch all your IT jobs and never let them go!