[Culturechat] Glasgow Herald--Fascinating Behind the Scenes Account of EU...

[WesTexas@aol.com]

I excerpted a portion of this story directly off the Glasgow Herald website 
and gave credit to the author.    As far as I know, no one has repudiated the 
account of the behind the scenes meeting.   

One other point about Germany and France.  James Woolsey, the former CIA 
director had a good column in the 2/20/02 Wall Street Journal in which he 
pointed out that Americans need to differentiate between the German and 
French people and their leaders.  (As I pointed out previously, Schroeder's 
party lost decisively in state elections, and independent analysts attributed 
the losses at least partly to Schroeder's anti-American stance).    Woolsey 
also noted that the Americans and British did not have a monopoly on heroes 
in WWII.   Some of the bravest people in WWII were Germans who opposed Hitler 
and French who fought in the Resistance against the Nazis.  

Having said that, I think that Chirac is scum.  There is increasing evidence 
that Chirac is inextricably intertwined with Hussein's nuclear program, which 
may explain his hysterical opposition to the U.S.--Chirac may be afraid that 
his connection to Hussein's nuclear program will be exposed.   In addition, I 
suspect that Schroeder may be concerned that Germany's involvement in 
Hussein's chemical and biological programs will be exposed.  

J. Brown