"an interesting phenomena taking
place here in America about the French ... a backlash against
the French, not stirred up by anybody except the people." - "There
is a sense of frustration and disappointment amongst the
American people toward the French decision. That's realistic.
People didn't understand the decisions by the French leadership
to thwart the American desire, and the desire of others,
to work on security and freedom security for our countries
and freedom in Iraq. I've got work to do to convince the
skeptics in France that the intentions of the United States
are positive, And the French leadership has got work to
do to convince the American people that they are concerned
about the security of our country." - U.S. President
George W. Bush
"Is France an ally or an adversary of the United
States?" - U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney
"France is no longer an ally of the United States
and the NATO alliance must develop a strategy to contain
our erstwhile ally or we will not be talking about a NATO
alliance" - Richard Pearl
"American power was considered (by France) to be
more dangerous than Saddam Hussein, to put it bluntly,", "This
is something we simply do not understand.", "could
not understand why liberating Iraq could not be considered
to be a just cause... The way this issue was presented
(by Paris) caused lots of dismay." - U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice
"Germany has been a problem, and France has been
a problem," - "But you look at vast numbers of
other countries in Europe. They're not with France and
Germany on this, they're with the United States." Germany
and France represent "old Europe." - U.S. Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"France Should Pay For Opposing Iraq War" - "The
French have behaved in ways ... that have been very damaging
to NATO. I think France is going to pay some consequences,
not just with us but with our countries who view it that
way." - Paul Wolfowitz
"France has neither winter nor
summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine
country.”
"
France has usually been governed by prostitutes." -
Mark Twain
We can stand here like the French, or we can do something
about it." - Marge Simpson
"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it
came marching into Paris under a German flag." - David
Letterman
"I don't know why people are surprised that France
won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France
wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!" -
Jay Leno
"I would rather have a German division in front of
me than a French one behind me." - General George S.
Patton
"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that
exerted more of its national will fighting against Disney
World and Big Macs than against the Nazis?" -
Dennis Miller
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting
without your accordion." -
General Norman Schwarzkopf
"The only time France wants us to go to war is when
the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee." - Regis
Philbin
"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam
Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and
wears a beret. He is French, people." - Conan
O'Brien
"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure." -
Jacques Chirac, President of France
"As far as France is concerned, you're right." -
Rush Limbaugh
"Oh, I've been picking on the French people for 15 years.
I don't like French people. I felt that during World War
II France betrayed us. I believe that what they did was
the most cowardly act. That when the Nazis marched into
France, the French bent over. They not only accepted the
Nazis and did little to fight them, but they produced. Do
you know they were the number one producers of products
for the Nazis during WWII? When you're a conquered people,
you can slow down production a little bit. I never saw people
enthusiastically and vigorously support the Nazi regime
like this by producing and putting out the greatest output
of goods for the Nazis." - Howard Stern
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“The
first, Jacques Chirac, described the second, Saddam
Hussein,
as a personal friend, showed him around a French
nuclear reactor and invited him to his home for the weekend.
It was about this time that the prime minister was nicknamed
Jacques Iraq.”