French don’t have a word for chutzpah…
Colin Powell stated in Brussels that international organizations had a role in the rebuilding in Iraq – but when asked by a reporter to clarify that role Secretary Powell noted that the “Coalition of the Willing” “took a big hit – politically as well as in terms of treasure and lives lost”.
As Den Beste notes here, the French don’t have a word for chutzpah “because fish have no word for water.” The very idea that the USA, Britain, Australia and the other nations who have risked increased terror attacks, economic embargo, political unrest – as well as lives of their servicemembers – would now hand over Iraq like a present to nations such as Belgium, Germany, France, China, Syria and Russia is simply one of the best political jokes I’ve heard since Al Sharpton announced his run for the presidency. Can we ever trust these nations in Iraq – or anywhere else – ever again? Is it possible that they will continue to work to undermine the liberation of Iraq in order to make the Coalition of the Willing look bad?
There should be a role for the UN to play: an empty symbolic role. That will allow the French to pretend that they still matter whereas they don’t. It will also keep the UN too busy to focus their energy on undermining the rebuilding of Iraq. However any decision that matters must be made by those who risked everything in order to free the Iraqi people.
On another issue of note: A Shiite cleric issued a fatwa for Muslims to help the Coalition forces. A fatwa to help the infidel?
Oh, and for the liberals asking where were the Iraqis waving at our forces and welcoming us? Turn on Fox News…
One more thing about the French…
As a student of English and American history, one cannot help but have little respect for France and find them about as annoying as Cheryl Crowe. However, this crosses the line:
The story is here (from the BBC)
Here’s how the French feel about the US, British, Canadian and Australian soldiers who snatched away their country from the Germans and handed it back to them – after paying the ultimate price…
“Dig up your garbage, it is fouling our soil.” That’s the translation for the shite on the left.
Jacque Chirac and de Villipin should personally apologize to the people of the UK and the USA for this sacriledge. Imagine the outcry here if some American youths spraypainted “French go home” on monuments in a French cemetery here. Oh, I forgot; there aren’t any such cemeteries here…
