French Twist

Far be it from me to join the conservative chorus of French-bashers and deride them as a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys (although, I really don't like cheese, to cheese-eating to me is actually an insult). But today, the EU is meeting to gin up troops for the UNIFIL force of 15,000 that would patrol southern Lebanon, and French President Jacques Chirac is on record today calling that level of troops "excessive".

Um, didn't France BROKER the cease-fire deal that called for the 15,000 troops? You mean it wasn't excessive when you planned it, but now that your soldiers are actually needed, NOW it's excessive?

That's lame.