President Bush called the permanent members of the UN Security Coucil today, and except for Britain he receieved a rather chilly reception.
The three powers? Russia, China, and France.
Um, which one of these three mattes the least?
China I can understand, they have a semi-adversarial relationship with us. Russia has always been a bit wary of having a major war on their doorstep, as they don’t have the military ability to deal with the spillover. (The Red Army is in shambles due to lousy pay and lousy training.
But the French?!
These guys have been the world’s whipping boy since Napolean’s final ass-kicking. We could swat down their Air Force in a split second, they have virtually no military capability left, and have made their only contribution to the world in wine and whining.
Since I have the luxury of being undiplomatic, I would have told President Chirac va te faire foutre! and been done with it.
Taking from the most eloquent Dennis Miller: France and China need to shut the f*ck up and keep to making our porn. 🙂