Troszke o p. Chirac, chlubie antyamerykanskich...

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...bojownikow w EU.

"However, the conduct of Jacques Chirac can hardly be
analyzed in these terms. Here is a man who had to run
for re-election last year in order to preserve his
immunity from prosecution, on charges of corruption
that were grave. Here is a man who helped Saddam
Hussein build a nuclear reactor and who knew very well
what he wanted it for. Here is a man at the head of
France who is, in effect, openly for sale. He puts me
in mind of the banker in Flaubert's "L'Education
Sentimentale": a man so habituated to corruption that
he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself.

Here, also, is a positive monster of conceit. He and
his foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, have
unctuously said that "force is always the last resort."
Vraiment? This was not the view of the French
establishment when troops were sent to Rwanda to try
and rescue the client-regime that had just unleashed
ethnocide against the Tutsi. It is not, one presumes,
the view of the French generals who currently treat the
people and nation of Cote d'Ivoire as their fief. It
was not the view of those who ordered the destruction
of an unarmed ship, the Rainbow Warrior, as it lay at
anchor in a New Zealand harbor after protesting the
French official practice of conducting atmospheric
nuclear tests in the Pacific. (I am aware that some of
these outrages were conducted when the French Socialist
Party was in power, but in no case did Mr. Chirac
express anything other than patriotic enthusiasm. If
there is a truly "unilateralist" government on the
Security Council, it is France.)

We are all aware of the fact that French companies and
the French state are owed immense sums of money by
Saddam Hussein. We all very much hope that no private
gifts to any French political figures have been made by
the Iraqi Baath Party, even though such scruple on
either side would be anomalous to say the very least.
Is it possible that there is any more to it than that?
The future government in Baghdad may very well not
consider itself responsible for paying Saddam's debts.
Does this alone condition the Chirac response to a fin
de regime in Iraq?

Alas, no. Recent days brought tidings of an official
invitation to Paris, for Robert Mugabe. The
President-for-life of Zimbabwe may have many charms,
but spare cash is not among them. His treasury is as
empty as the stomachs of his people. No, when the
plumed parade brings Mugabe up the Champs Elysees, the
only satisfaction for Mr. Chirac will be the sound of a
petty slap in the face to Tony Blair, who has recently
tried to abridge Mugabe's freedom to travel. Thus we
are forced to think that French diplomacy, as well as
being for sale or for hire, is chiefly preoccupied with
extracting advantage and prestige from the difficulties
of its allies.
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      > ...bojownikow w EU.
      >
      > "However, the conduct of Jacques Chirac can hardly be
      > analyzed in these terms. Here is a man who had to run
      > for re-election last year in order to preserve his
      > immunity from prosecution, on charges of corruption
      > that were grave. Here is a man who helped Saddam
      > Hussein build a nuclear reactor and who knew very well
      > what he wanted it for.

      Co to za bzdury. Sadama uzbroily USA gdy szatanem byl Iran.
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