Rift between the US and France widens
American politicians want to hit back at France and Germany for their failure to support US policy on Iraq.
The officials may introduce measures making it more difficult to sell French products in America.
There are also suggestions of plans to cut the number of US servicemen based in Germany.
The BBC reports that several senior members of Congress are planning to introduce resolutions which could significantly deepen the rift between the United States and France and Germany.
The senior member of the house armed services committee has drafted a demand that all American companies boycott the Paris air show, the most important air industry event in the world.
The speaker of the house, Dennis Hasterd, says he has been discussing with senior colleagues measures that might impose extra regulations on bottled water and wine from France and there is reported to be a growing momentum building for early action to reduce the number of American service personnel in Germany.
I don't usually go into bat for either the Frogs or the Krauts but ...
I really fear that this is a nasty taste of things to come. Retribution and payback for those who won't join the "Coalition of the Willing". (AKA "The Conga Line of Suckholes" © Mark Latham.) You're either with us or you're an international leper. When I was at school I think this behaviour was variously known as intimidation, blackmail or bullying. These threats come from the alleged "land of the free, home of the brave" yet I am completely unsurprised. Guess which countries will be at the end of the queue when the U.S. controls the world's oil should everything go according the the Primate's plans?
Certain irony in that the arse-licking, ever so accommodating British and Australian governments can't get large categories of agricultural and industrial product into the U.S.A. because of the featherbedding protectionism of the Bush administration. In simple terms, a boycott. With an ally like that who needs ...
