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Iraq
April 28, 2003
A letter to M. Jacques Chirac

LT SMASH pens a letter to Chirac of the Axis of Weasels:

Monsieur President,

It has often been said that Americans take a short view of History. This American does not.

This American remembers that France was the first nation to recognize our Independence, in 1778.

French soldiers fought side by side with Americans in our Revolution. Without the aid of the Marquis de Lafayette, Count Rochambeau, and Admiral Comte de Grasse, we might have lost the struggle. These men are considered heroes in our country. Their names adorn our streets, our warships, and our public squares.

[...]

This American recalls that in 1917, when Paris was in danger of being overrun by the Kaiser’s armies, President Woodrow Wilson sent two million men and pledged ten billion dollars to save France. Over 30,000 of those men did not return home.

Twenty-eight years later, American forces, side-by-side with Free French forces, liberated France from the scourge of Nazi occupation. Cemeteries full of tens of thousands of American soldiers who died in that struggle dot the French countryside.

[...]

Damning documents have been discovered. Reputable media outlets have reported that your government provided intelligence assistance to Saddam Hussein. This assistance allegedly included briefings covering confidential conversations between yourself and President George W. Bush.

These are not the actions of a trusted ally, much less a friend.

You, sir, have no honor.

Posted By at April 28, 2003 06:04 AM | TrackBack
Comments

No, come on. Tell him what you really think! :)

Posted by: Simon Barnett at April 28, 2003 08:23 AM

Anyone who would EVER, at any point in his life, refer to Saddam Hussein as a "close personal friend", (as I have heard it reported that Chiraq did), is himself an evil bast*rd.

CT

Posted by: Charles T. at April 28, 2003 05:28 PM

Good letter Lt. Smash.

Historical correction. Morocco was the first country to diplomatically recognize the U.S.

Although the French DID give us a lot of gunpower to fight the British....obviously out of an altruistic nature and totally irrelevant of the French's effort to take advantage of the Revolutionary war to consolidate its presence in Europe....hmmmm sounds familiar

Posted by: Jim Hogue at April 28, 2003 06:59 PM

USA should invade France and liberate the French from Chirac and de Villepin. 2 b...tards!!!

Posted by: Tony at April 28, 2003 07:59 PM

I think the rule should be if we have to come "liberate" your ass more than twice you dont deserve your country and we get to forclose on your country, break it up into more valuable pieces, auction it off at an estate sale, and keep the proceeds.

I nominate france for this treatment.

Posted by: rumcrook at April 29, 2003 12:26 AM

It was humorously mentioned during WWII that the barrage balloons over England were there to keep it from sinking under the weight of equipment being poured in from the US. Ya think it might be possible to tow it away from the continent in order to save it from possible cross-contamination?

I can see some real problems down the road with the Islamic Carolingian Restoration.

Posted by: J S Allison at April 29, 2003 05:02 PM

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