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The international Left and France have been so wrong about Iraq that their only option left is to carry on.

ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 3 -- (...) President Jacques Chirac of France, who met with President Bush on Monday in an effort to repair their fractured relationship, repeated his opinion that the war was "illegitimate and illegal." Speaking to reporters as the three-day meeting in this French spa town wound down, Mr. Chirac said, "I didn't approve of it and I still don't approve of it."

Well of course you don't.

Mr. Chirac and most of France alongside the international Left were so wrong on just about everything and they went so far to demonstrate it that there is no way they will ever admit this war was righteous. There is no way they will ever acknowledge that, possibly more than Afghanistan, this battle of Iraq in the long war against terrorism is the first positive and constructive action counterpoising the nihilist abomination of 9/11.

And now that all their murky warnings, sibylline threats, vulgar propaganda, false solutions to a real crisis, open opposition and clandestine underhandedness were exposed for what they are and proved -- at best -- to be vain, now that their champion, the Butcher of Baghdad, fell from his throne in less than three weeks and crawled under a rock, they frenetically fall back to whatever argument they can think about in order to maintain the illusory validity of their position.

Looting among the rubble of an argumentation built on sand, they lean against the last wall that sketchily stand up, the one on which is written a cryptic acronym that reads WMD.

Psyching themselves up at the idea of firing their last bullet to make their point, the people supposedly outraged at the one year long American "rush" to war, the people who, after 12 years of diplomatic hide and seek game still wanted to give more time to the UN inspectors, this very people starts asking, hardly two months after the fall of Saddam's bloody regime, "Where are the weapons of mass destruction?"

Once again, they're feverishly lying in wait for a trip of the Coalition.

And once again, they're despising and ignoring the Iraqi people suffering and his legitimate yearning for liberation.

The endless duplicity of the same noxious crowd impelled me to create this new Flash banner "No WMD? WDM", a gloomy and (sadly) unavoidable echo of another banner I created almost 4 months ago in the same spirit and emphasizing on the same point, "The price of their peace".

Like the previous one, I'm offering this banner freely to anybody wishing to display or distribute it. Just help yourself:

Download a zip archive containing the Flash movie and instructions on how to publish it on a website.

Download a self-playing executable to pass along to your friends using MS Windows.

Download a self-playing clip for the same purpose but for the Macintosh users.

This should be piece of cake for the veterans of the price of peace banner but in any case, if you need help or guidance, drop me a mail.

I hope this banner will help, even modestly, to set the focus back on what's always been a major aspect of this crisis and, should you decide to help by spreading it, I wish to sincerely thank you.

Let's not forget that whatever happens next in Iraq, be it today, tomorrow or in ten years, there's a murderous tyrant and a violent régime down.

There are kids, women and men who won't end up buried dead or alive in the depths of mass graves.

For that, and just for that, this war was right.

As for the rest, I don't mind.

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La gauche internationale et la France ont eu tellement tort concernant l'Iraq, que la seule option qui leur reste est de continuer.

ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, 3 juin -- (...) Le Président français Jacques Chirac, qui a rencontré le Président Bush lundi pour s'efforcer de réduire la fracture de leurs relations, a réitéré son opinion selon laquelle la guerre était "illégitime et illégale." S'adressant aux reporters alors que le meeting dans cette ville thermale française touchait à sa fin, M. Chirac a déclaré, "Je ne l'approuvais pas et ne l'approuve toujours pas"

Evidemment que non.

M. Chirac, la majeure partie de la France et la gauche internationale ont eu tellement tort sur pratiquement tous les points et ils sont allés si loin pour le démontrer qu'ils ne peuvent en aucune manière reconnaître que cette guerre était juste. Il ne peuvent en aucune manière admettre que, plus encore peut-être que l'Afghanistan, cette bataille d'Irak dans la longue guerre contre le terrorisme est la première action positive et constructive à même de contrebalancer l'abomination nihiliste du 11 septembre.

Et maintenant que tous leurs ténébreux avertissements, menaces sibyllines, propagande grossière, fausses solutions à une vraie crise, opposition ouverte et magouilles en sous-main ont été exposés pour ce qu'ils sont et se sont révélés -- pour le moins -- vains, maintenant que leur champion, le Boucher de Bagdad, est tombé de son trône en moins de trois semaines pour ramper sous une roche, ils s'en remettent frénétiquement au premier argument auquel ils puissent penser pour maintenir la validité illusoire de leur prise de position.

Pillant les débris d'une argumentation construite sur du sable, ils s'adossent au dernier mur tenant vaguement debout, celui sur lequel figure un cryptique acronyme, WMD, Armes de destruction massive.

Réprimant mal leur enthousiasme à l'idée de tirer la dernière cartouche de leur argumentaire, les individus soi-disant outragés par la "course" américaine à la guerre, longue de plus d'un an, les individus qui, après 12 ans de cache-cache diplomatique tenaient toujours à donner plus de temps aux inspecteurs, ces individus là commencent déjà à demander, deux mois à peine après la chute du régime sanglant de Saddam Hussein, "Où sont les armes de destruction massive ?"

Une fois de plus, ils sont fiévreusement à l'affût d'un faux pas de la Coalition.

Et une fois de plus, ils méprisent et ignorent les souffrances du peuple irakien et son légitime désir de libération.

La sempiternelle duplicité des mêmes multitudes malfaisantes m'a poussé à créer cette nouvelle bannière Flash "No WMD? WDM", tel un lugubre et malheureusement inévitable écho d'une autre bannière que j'avais créé il y a déjà quatre mois de cela, dans le même esprit et insistant sur le même aspect des choses, "The price of their peace".

Comme la précédente, j'offre cette bannière librement à quiconque souhaite l'afficher ou la distribuer. Alors servez vous :

Téléchargez une archive zip contenant le clip Flash et les instructions pour le publier sur un site web.

Téléchargez un exécutable autonome pour le distribuer à vos relations utilisant MS Windows.

Téléchargez en un autre du même type mais pour les utilisateurs Macintosh.

Cela devrait être une promenade de santé pour les vétérans de la bannière the price of peace mais juste au cas où, balancez moi un email si vous avez besoin d'aide ou d'indications.

Je souhaite que cette bannière puisse, même modestement, remettre un peu les choses en place quand à un aspect majeur de cette crise et, dussiez vous décider de m'y aider en la distribuant, je vous en remercie sincèrement.

N'oublions pas que quoi qu'il arrive ensuite en Irak, aujourd'hui, demain ou dans dix ans, il y a un tyran assassin et un régime violent en moins.

Il y a des enfants, des femmes et des hommes qui ne finiront pas inhumés morts ou vifs dans les tréfonds d'une fosse commune.

Pour cela, et pour cela seulement, cette guerre était juste.

Le reste m'est égal.

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140 - Demosthenes

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Dissident Frogman: Excellent blog. I've never been here before - but I can assure you that I'll return. Pierre, mistakes were definitely made during and immediately following the first Gulf War. I don't know what happened - lack of conviction on our part, perhaps, or maybe just an effort to show the world that we weren't trying to take over. Either way, it was a bad decision - and good that we're cleaning it up. 2 other things: Anyone who thinks the United States is a dictatorship has clearly never lived under one, and has never lived in the US. Clearly. Don't cheapen the suffering, pain, and real oppression of others by making ridiculous comparisons. Republicans who think like you... And we need more of you...and to echo another wonderful blogger, anyone who still opposes this war supports Saddam and excuses all of his atrocities - and there is no excuse. This war has already been justified - with or without WMDs.

141 - the dissident frogman

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Demosthenes: mistakes were definitely made during and immediately following the first Gulf War. I don't know what happened - lack of conviction on our part, perhaps, or maybe just an effort to show the world that we weren't trying to take over. Well in fact it's probably more "the need to preserve the stability - whatever that means - of the region, particularly for the sake of another autocracy: Saudi Arabia" But that's something the average pathologically anti-American frog boy can't understand - and won't even try to, actually. It's all about Oil as you know, and Bush is behind 9/11 with the Mossad... Either way, it was a bad decision Agreed, a hundred percent. But then again, there are some countries in this world that admit and fix their mistakes. And there are those that persevere: see Chirac's statement at the G8. Anyone who thinks the United States is a dictatorship has clearly never lived under one and has never lived in the US. Clearly. Don't cheapen the suffering, pain, and real oppression of others by making ridiculous comparisons. Correct. And that's also the reason why they've been supporting Saddam and will support any other freak after him (the Kim Jun Il Fan Club must be already painting the signboards), as far the USA are involved in the crisis. It's a cheap shot and one of which they'll never have to take the responsibility. I bet you know already that we agree on your last point. ;-) Valerie: Thanks for dropping by. It's always a pleasure to have you and your acumen in the dacha. Chris: Thanks for caring about France, that's a lesson some should definitely learn better... That said, France is getting what she deserve and she's digging her own hole by herself. Don't be too prompt to forget how they treated you because they keep acting the same albeit a bit more quietly, considering that they're too busy right now with the struggle to maintain their privileges and the holidays coming...

142 - Demosthenes

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Well in fact it's probably more "the need to preserve the stability - whatever that means - of the region, particularly for the sake of another autocracy: Saudi Arabia" Sure. But misguided all the same...and I don't know about you, but to me, the phrase "stability in the middle east" is one very large oxymoron. And hopefully, our leaders here are noticing that the Saudis are not our friends. The US has most definitely made mistakes and bad foreign policy decisions. I'm just relieved that we're fixing this one. I don't know how much you follow the news from over here, but - believe it or not - there are many (what I like to call) pro-Saddam activists who argued that the fact that we are at least partly to blame for Saddam's control of Iraq was a reason not to do anything. No joke. That's the kind of twisted logic that our left uses. Are there more people like you over there? I'm sure you know that "France" is a very bad word over here just at the moment - which really is too bad. Maybe we can go back to liking each other again someday...

143 - the dissident frogman

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I don't know about you, but to me, the phrase "stability in the middle east" is one very large oxymoron He he... Agreed. Hence my "whatever that means". That's the kind of twisted logic that our left uses. That's the left's logic as a whole. The left is an international plague that knows no boundaries and no frontier. I've heard hundreds of nonsense that basically meant "Saddam shouldn't be removed because Kim Jung Il is not". Are there more people like you over there? Very few I'm afraid. And most - if not all - intend to get the hell out of here and let this sorry country sink into whatever Socialist tyranny the French are actively building for themselves.

144 - John Candler

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I will spread around the word about your blog. Excellent all the way.

145 - Thomas P

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You have a very awesome banner. Shocking and to the point. Thank you.

146 - zaza

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Bravo! brilliant work, very beautiful and moving. And absolutely spot on. Thanks for making it available, I just stuck that on my blog too. The last photo was my favourite of all those from Iraq.

147 - Steve White

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Frogman, a superb banner. I don't run a blog so I downloaded the independent version and will send it to liberal friends of mine. Valierie wrote: "Saddam was a WMD." That's the most succinct way of expressing our reasons for this year that I've yet heard, and with your permission I will borrow that too.

148 - zogman

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The ends do not justify the means. A Lie is a Lie, Frogman, at least it was for Clinton, wasn't it, so apply your self-serving morality evenly and fairly, for once!

149 - Kim Scarborough

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What a great banner. I can't believe somebody actually made something that would make me consider putting Flash on my site... If you have time, you should consider making a printable version (yes, I know it would lose something)... I'd love to put it on my office door.

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