Bush woos France

Saturday 14th June, 05:46 AM JST

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rjd_jr at 08:38 AM JST - 14th June

After the fact, what a farce.
DanManjt at 08:41 AM JST - 14th June

Again. Tragedy, not farce.
Sarge at 09:17 AM JST - 14th June

"powerful and purposeful continent"

Har! Good one, Mr. President!
smithinjapan at 02:44 PM JST - 14th June

"Har! Good one, Mr. President!"

sarge is still clearly in denial about everything...

I especially love this:

'U.S. President George W Bush on Friday celebrated warmer ties with France on his farewell...'

since in general 'on' is a preposition also used to mean the thing ON which you are congratulated, and in the case of Bush it SHOULD be celebrated he's leaving, not to mention that there's a good chance for the US to improve relations world wide after the shrub flushed them down the toilet.

And yes, as the posters above said (except for the kid in denial, of course), it's ALL after the fact!
RedMeatKoolAid at 02:52 PM JST - 14th June

‘Nous sommes tous Americains’
LIBERTAS at 08:08 PM JST - 14th June

Isn't this the "Old Europe" Rummy & Big Dick once vilified because of de Villepin? Now it's a "powerful and purposeful continent?" Can you say L A M E D U C K P R E S I D E N T boyz'n'girlz? I knew you could!
RedMeatKoolAid at 08:12 PM JST - 14th June

Yes, it appears Bush once again got things wrong. A quote from The Daily Telegraph, 6 June 2008:

Most of France's tanks, helicopters and jet fighters are unusable and its defence apparatus is on the verge of "falling apart", it has emerged.

According to confidential defence documents leaked to the French press, less than half of France's Leclerc tanks – 142 out of 346 – are operational and even these regularly break down.

Less than half of its Puma helicopters, 37 per cent of its Lynx choppers and 33 per cent of its Super Frelon models – built 40 years ago – are in a fit state to fly, according to documents seen by Le Parisien newspaper.

Two thirds of France's Mirage F1 reconnaissance jets are unusable at present.
LIBERTAS at 08:45 PM JST - 14th June

The Daily Telegraph's name on the streets is The "Daily Tell-a-Fib." Wouldn't put much stock in that report.
capone at 09:50 PM JST - 14th June

after almost 8 years he finally found it on a map
RedMeatKoolAid at 10:08 PM JST - 14th June

Last laugh is Dubya's. Chirac and Schroeder are gone. In their place are pro-American leaders. And in Italy Bush's old ally Silvio Berlusconi (same age as John McCain) is back in power.
SuperLib at 04:02 AM JST - 15th June

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4122437.ece

Europe will miss George Bush when he's not around

"the Europeans are going to miss Mr Bush in ways that they are only beginning to understand. They'll miss, first, having a villain in the White House. It's a really convenient excuse to avoid doing anything yourself on pressing global concerns"