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If I had to tell you 1 good thing France did recently for the world (among plenty of others), I'd remind you how France, politely and like a close friend, told the US that going to Iraq this way was a huge mistake.
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Let me recast this. France, because it was engaged in numerous lucrative deals with Iraq and had a close economic relationship with Iraq, on both legal and potentially-illegal endeavors, sought to protect its interest by choosing to oppose the US in its effort to build a coalition supporting war in Iraq.
That's the way I see it. No name calling, none of that crap. But, to be honest, I see France doing what every nation does -- acting in pure self-interest.
And, as for President Bush, I oppose him where I see the need to. I don't just "roll over" because he is for something. While I may have slightly disagreed with going into Iraq when he chose to (though I will admit I was equally frustrated at the UN for its lame-assedness), I think that all the SUBSEQUENT decisions regarding Iraq have been ones I support or genereally agree with. How Iraq was won militarily, how we are trying to rebuild the nation, how insurgents have been dealt with, how he condemned the occurrences at Abu Ghraib (and chose to shut down the prison), how he insists on turning over sovereignty in 5 weeks -- all have been more or less acceptable to me. I disagree with him on some things, to be sure (he spends like a Valley Girl, for one), but all in all I'm not rallying against my President because in my mind the job he's done isn't all that bad. It may look bad to you, but he answers to me and my countrymen -- not you.
And a lot of me and my countrymen are simple down-to-earth folks who want to see action and not words, and don't mind a good scrap every now and then when someone needs an ass-whuppin.
[ 05-25-2004, 03:48 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]