Monday, November 07, 2005
France's Friend
The American Thinker's James Lewis has an interesting examination of evidence that Joe Wilson was and still is acting traitorously against America as an agent provocateur working for the French.
The obvious first question is "why?" Lewis' answer:
French hatred of American power is the reason why France pressured Turkey (anxious to enter the EU) to block the US IV Infantry Division from crossing Iraq’s northern border to help knock over Saddam Hussein. Had the IV ID hit Saddam from the North while Tommy Franks attacked from the South, the current Iraqi insurrection might have been crushed even before it got started, the Baathist hardcore unable to flee north to the Sunni Triangle and entrench itself among the small percentage of Iraqis who benefited from Saddam’s rule. The original plan envisioned just such a pincer movement. We therefore owe many of our 2,000 soldiers’ deaths to deliberate and malicious French sabotage, with thanks to Dominique de Villepin and Jacques Chirac.
There is every reason to believe that France desperately wants this White House to be weakened or overthrown. They would be happy with Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat as president, because the Euro-socialist, non-interventionist base of that party is compatible with French policies and strategies. European emphasis on the United Nations as the forum for handling international conflicts plays to France’s strongest asset in world affairs, its veto-wielding Security Council seat, and its large number of Francophone former colonies, each with a vote in the General Assembly. A strong America wielding its mighty military force is de Villepin’s worst nightmare.
Okay, so that last line might soon be subject to revision, but he's got the rest of it right.
One question not raised by Lewis: why did Wilson stop in France on the way back from his Nigerian "mission"?
HT: JunkYardBlog
UPDATE: NRO's Michael Ledeen has been conversing with his ouija board again.
UPDATE: More from The American Thinker, Mac's Mind and Strata-Sphere.
The obvious first question is "why?" Lewis' answer:
French hatred of American power is the reason why France pressured Turkey (anxious to enter the EU) to block the US IV Infantry Division from crossing Iraq’s northern border to help knock over Saddam Hussein. Had the IV ID hit Saddam from the North while Tommy Franks attacked from the South, the current Iraqi insurrection might have been crushed even before it got started, the Baathist hardcore unable to flee north to the Sunni Triangle and entrench itself among the small percentage of Iraqis who benefited from Saddam’s rule. The original plan envisioned just such a pincer movement. We therefore owe many of our 2,000 soldiers’ deaths to deliberate and malicious French sabotage, with thanks to Dominique de Villepin and Jacques Chirac.
There is every reason to believe that France desperately wants this White House to be weakened or overthrown. They would be happy with Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat as president, because the Euro-socialist, non-interventionist base of that party is compatible with French policies and strategies. European emphasis on the United Nations as the forum for handling international conflicts plays to France’s strongest asset in world affairs, its veto-wielding Security Council seat, and its large number of Francophone former colonies, each with a vote in the General Assembly. A strong America wielding its mighty military force is de Villepin’s worst nightmare.
Okay, so that last line might soon be subject to revision, but he's got the rest of it right.
One question not raised by Lewis: why did Wilson stop in France on the way back from his Nigerian "mission"?
HT: JunkYardBlog
UPDATE: NRO's Michael Ledeen has been conversing with his ouija board again.
UPDATE: More from The American Thinker, Mac's Mind and Strata-Sphere.
