But in my debate with the lady from the French Foreign Office on
BBC last night, I said that France's refusal to contribute more
than 200 troops to the UN force for Lebanon -- after crafting and
negotiating and getting us to cave in to their demands - was just a
study in French political science. I compared it to the results on
the decade-long drafting of the EUnuch constitution led by a former
French president, contrived and negotiated to France's demands and
then rejected by the French, the mess left for others to
repair.
Today, Chirac announced they'd contribute 2,000 not 200 troops.
A coincidence? Maybe. On the other hand, I've not accepted their
surrender. Yet.
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