Chirac snubs Bush's Nato request

[DoYouEverWonder]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3791377.stm

9 June, 2004

French President Jacques Chirac has poured cold water on US calls to expand Nato's role in Iraq.

Mr Chirac was responding to President George W Bush's remarks that the Nato alliance should become more involved after the 30 June handover of power.

He said he did not believe it was Nato's mission to intervene, or that such a move would be well understood.

Later, Mr Bush's national security adviser stressed the US president had not been requesting additional troops.

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"We believe Nato ought to be involved," Mr Bush said after a breakfast meeting with Mr Blair outside the G8 summit venue.

[flakey_foont]

1. I thought the aim of NATO

was mutual self defense.......no member of NATO was attacked by Iraq

[cliss]

2. Doesn't this guy just make it so EASY

to say no? He's just like this gnat, that you just want to swat away.

Go away, George.

[radwriter0555]

4. the french are SO good at being to cavalierly dismissal!

I just adore them!

[htuttle]

3. Chirac: "No!"

(later)

Cheney: "What did Chirac say?"
Bush: "I don't know, it was in French."

(apologies to Mel Brooks...)