Chirac chides Bush over Turkey

[carpediem]

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- French President Jacques Chirac has taken U.S. President George W. Bush to task over his call for Turkey's admission to the European Union.

"If President Bush really said that in the way that I read, then not only did he go too far, but he went into territory that isn't his," Chirac said of a remark Bush made over the weekend.

"It is is not his purpose and his goal to give any advice to the EU, and in this area it was a bit as if I were to tell Americans how they should handle their relationship with Mexico."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/28/chirac.bush.turkey/index.html

[Hoping4Change]

1. I thought Chirac was ready to poke George in the eye.

Chirac was steamed about Bush throwing himself into EU politics.

Chirac speech certainly puts the lie to any talk of old bonds being re-forged.

[Bluebear]

2. Bush knows about turkeys!

[Sugarbleus]

3. I only got a passing glimpse of this on TV...

thanks for the post and link. I wonder when someone will actually smack Shrub upside his head for real!! Jebus, what a loose cannon he is!!

Hey, wouldn't it be interesting to see Chirac challenge Bush to an old fashioned duel with swords--slap Bush with a white glove etc? LOL


En garde!