Perhaps you could explain 1) Why Americans should care what the French think and 2) On what grounds they have to maek such a charge given their vast corruption on matters of selling military hardware to Iraq during the sanctions.
This is a response to a comment by M. Wardell to a posting of news article that the French Government is about to indict Vice President, Richard Cheney, for business crimes committed while he ran Haliburton. He asks why Americans should care what the French think. This is irrelevant to ask and mis-directs Americans from the better question, "Why should Americans care about allegations that our Vice President has committed criminal acts during time he ran a Corporation which is even now accused of fraudulently stealing from our Military and the taxpayers? " I do care and point it out not because my opinion will decide the issue of his guilt or innocence, but because the fact is, he will not be around this November when President, Bush seeks a second term in general election. Bush will have to find a new Vice President and I'd like to hear who YOU think would be a good Vice President.Personally I go back to the original intent of the Founders concerning the election of President and would select the second place finisher in the popular election, in this case it is, at this time, Gov. Dean. In the event of death or other succession of the highest office, we should have the person most popular until a new election is held.
He further asks, "On what grounds they have to make such a charge...? I'll dismiss the last portion as irrelevant to the question as it has to do with Law. I believe the article disusses the grounds well enough and will only recount that the charges concern bribery of about 180 Million dollars and setting up bank accounts to escape taxation.
This new Anti-Frank attitude of the 'neoconservatives' is about reached it zenith in calling for the categorizing of France as a 'Terrorist State'. I remind Americans that this is the Nation which made our Revolt of 1776 succeed. They are allies of two world wars, and a nuclear power which has never acted with animosity toward the United States in their use. This attitude of teaching Americans to hate French is beneficial only to the British Royalty and should not be influential to us, lest we fall prey to the designs of such dupes of 'monarchial scams'. Unlike the French, who allied themselves to us in our Revolution, it was Great Britain that sought to murder or forefathers and have been animous to our freedoms and self-determination in War of 1812 and after.
It is true that Bush is a anglophile and his blood line is traceable to England, so I can understand how he would act in Britain's best interests, but I won't be led into more 'hatred' in this hateful world just because of the Anglophilia of one person or a group of neurotic men set on manipulating Americans into letting their Sons and Daughters die on foreign soil in matters that don't concern us, ,so they can make money. I say "NeoCons, get a job" "Go PRODUCE or CREATE something for a living, because you're just Corporate welfare recipients living on American workers wages".