A Matter of "Les Priorites"
Here's an account of the angst pervading France in the wake of its World Cup loss.
Does anyone else get the sense they're more upset about losing a sports contest than they'd be about losing a war?
I guess it's just a matter of priorities.
Does anyone else get the sense they're more upset about losing a sports contest than they'd be about losing a war?
I guess it's just a matter of priorities.
posted by LadybugUSA at 9:15 AM
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And which wars has France won?
It isn't the first time Zisu has gone off in a match. This just happened to be an extraordinarily high profile point for it to happen.
He had the opportunity to Just Walk Away. And he didn't.
Still, he was an extraordinarily skilled player--definitely the best European player of his generation, and perhaps the best in all the world.
I'm surprised the French came as close to winning as they did. I figured that when the going got tough, they would surrender!
And what Carol lacks is an ability to compartmentalize, to keep her geopolitical scorecard from dictating her reaction to other completely unrelated events, like sports.
I'm trying to remember why the Right hates France so much. Was it because they opposed invading Iraq because the intel on WMD was shaky and the invasion looked to be a disaster?
No, they opposed the war because of Chiraq's ties to the Hussein regime.
Bizarro Land. That's funny. Living near the Beltway, it certainly is that. (92 and partly cloudy.)
But to you, France was right for the wrong reason, so it's all right.
I didn't ask you to guess what my position was.
You stated YOUR opinion as to why "the Right" hates France.
I mentioned that France had some economic ties to Saddam's regime in Iraq. It was in their economic interest for Hussein to stay in power.
If France ever said "Iraq is not a threat" I seriously doubt they ever said it in so few words. Feel free to find it.
I think disliking (Hate isn't a family value) France for not supporting the USA in Iraq because they had a huge Cash Machine with Oil for Food (Largest international scandal in history) is a ligitimate reason. And because they didn't like Lance Armstrong winning all their tours...
"I fart in your general direction" Now that was their highlight...except that was British comedians...darn...
France-hating is as American as baseball game fixing and toxin-filled apple pies.
I am sick to death of the Right continually going on and on and on and on about France being the epitome of evil and stupidity.
I guess you can't be openly racist about african-Americans, so you might as well do it to the French.
Well, if you're really so committed to being anti French then I suggest you dismantle the Statue of Liberty and send it back to France.
And may I point out that whenever France has riots almost nobody dies. The way right wingers go on and on and on about France you'd think that Paris streets were crime ridden ghettos.
The fact is that it is more dangerous walking the streets of New York, LA, Washington and virtually any other major American city than it is to walk the streets of Paris.
Gosh... could it be that French are actually safer during riots than Americans during normal times?
No, of course not. To suggest that would be anti American.
BTW - Food for oil.
The scheme - the parts which operated within the law and was not affected by corruption (ie the vast majority of it), saved the lives of tens of thousands of Iraqi children.
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One more thing.
Americans have two basic views of other nations. They fall into the following categories:
1) Losers
2) Threats
Loser countries are countries that offer no threat at all to America's status in the world. They think they are better than America, but this is presumptuous and they are therefore losers. Their armed forces are pathetic, their culture is decaying, their society is going bankrupt. In short, Americans should laugh at them. Any nation in Europe, as well as Japan and in South America, are loser countries. The way to deal with loser nations is to constantly belittle them and laugh at them.
Threat countries are nations which pose a threat to America's status in the world, militarily and/or economically. Threat nations wish to destroy the United States somehow. They can be both Middle Eastern nations who get upset at America, or places like China who have trade imbalances with America. The way to deal with threat nations is to threaten them more, and make Americans feel scared by them. Invading them is probably a good idea.
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Now, with America treating the international community as though they were either losers or threats, is there any respect given to ANY nation that is not America?
And Americans wonder why the world doesn't like them.
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And Americans also think that the world owes them... big time.
Well, it's actually the other way around.
America owes the world... big time.
According to the CIA world factbook, America borrowed $829 trillion from the world in 2005 to cover its expenses.
Salient,
With all the America bashing you just did, do you wonder why some people can see the left as at least sympathizing with the enemy? To be quite honest, there are those on the left who are clearly more than sympathizers.
Also, the streets of downtown Paris may be perfectly safe. But what happens when you get out to the surrounding neighborhoods?
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