Taken from Ernie's House of Whoopass.
Before this war started, all we heard France do was piss and moan. The protested any use of force against Iraq. They protested the American military buildup in the Gulf region. They protested the initial strikes targeted at Iraqi leadership. They protested and called Bush barbaric. They protested, they protested, they protested. And the irony is we're the ones who preserved that right for them to begin with.
Well, let's see what they have to say now, shall we?
- The Iraqi army launch military attacks from a hospital, including having a tank parked in the compound. The french say nothing.
- Iraqi soldiers raise the white flag of surrender and then fire upon our troops when we offer them safe quarter. Again the french are silent.
- Iraqi soldiers execute American troops in cold blood when they try to surrender. Still the french remain quiet.
- The Iraqi army fires mortars against its own civilians in Basra when they rise up against the regime. Not a french voice to be heard.
- Iraqi soldiers dress in civilian clothing and use women and children as human shields. And the french silence is deafening.
- The Iraqis parade captured prisoners in front of the world on live television. And yet again, the french have no voice protesting.
But wait, it seems the french do have a voice after all. Because now after Coalition forces free the Iraqi people from Saddam's regime; a price paid for with our own blood, the french want to be paid too.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20030325/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_france_rebuilding_iraq_2This makes me furious
