 Last year's U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and ousting of President Saddam Hussein has made the world more dangerous, French President Jacques Chirac said on the eve of a state visit to key U.S. ally Britain.
"M'sieur le President! This sore c'est festering!"
"Sacred blue! Just leave it alone. Medicating it will just make it more dangerous!" |
The French leader's interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, excerpts of which were aired Wednesday, indicate little chance of success for British Prime Minister Tony Blair's efforts to mend Franco-American ties damaged by the Iraq war.
"Mend les fences? Take zat! An' zat! Now les fences sont mended!"
"Ummm... You bit my nose." |
"I'm not at all sure that one can say the world is safer," Chirac said. "There is no doubt there has been an increase in terrorism. To a certain extent Saddam Hussein's departure was a positive thing but it also provoked reaction such as the mobilization in a number of countries of men and women of Islam which has made the world more dangerous."
"M'sieur le President! Zer are cockroaches scurrying about in le kitchen!"
"Don't bother the cockroaches, Legume! It will just cause more of them to appear!" |
"I am not sure with America as it is these days that it would be easy for someone, even the British, to be an honest broker," he said.
| "Only La Belle France can be relied upon to act as an honest broker!" |
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