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As part of Bush's second term he should see to it that Chirac is destrpyed and
put in jail for his crimes...

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1360889,00.html

Backing Bush has won you nothing, Chirac tells Britain
By Charles Bremner in Paris and Philip Webster, Political Editor





JACQUES CHIRAC dealt a blow to Tony Blairs attempt to heal the wounds between
the US and Europe last night by saying that the Prime Minister had won nothing
for supporting the war against Iraq.



As Mr Blair used a keynote speech to present Britain as a bridge across the
Atlantic, President Chirac doubted whether anyone could play the honest broker.
Speaking before he visits London on Thursday, he said that it was not in the
nature of this Administration to return favours.

Mr Blair suffered another setback when Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State
and the administration figure most trusted by Europe, resigned. There were
doubts over whether his successor, possibly Condoleezza Rice, the National
Security Adviser, would be as accommodating.

M Chirac, speaking to British journalists, including The Times, soon after
General Powells announcement, revealed that he had urged Mr Blair to demand the
relaunch of the Middle East peace process in return for backing the war.

Well, Britain gave its support but I did not see anything in return. Im not
sure it is in the nature of our American friends at the moment to return
favours systematically.

In other remarks that will sting the Bush Administration, he again outlined his
vision of a multipolar world in which a united Europe would be equal with the
US, and mocked Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, for his division of
Europe into old and new.

M Chirac said that there would be no division between Britain and France.

It is like that nice guy in America  whats his name again?  who spoke about old
Europe. It has no sense. Its a lack of culture to imagine that. Imagining that
there can be division between the British and French vision of Europe is as
absurd as imagining that we are building Europe against the United States.

The comments underline the scale of the task facing Mr Blair as he tries to be
a bridge between Europe and America, a job to which he devoted last nights
foreign policy speech at Guildhall in London.

The Prime Minister, aware that Mr Powells departure would be received with
apprehension by European governments, bluntly told the US Administration to
reach out to Europe and enlist its support in the war against terrorism.

Multilateralism that works should be its aim. I have no sympathy for
unilateralism for its own sake, he said.

Mr Blair also said that Europe had a big opportunity because the US realised
that lasting security against terrorism could not be provided by conventional
military force but required a commitment to democracy and freedom.

Democracy was the meeting point for Europe and America. He was not advocating
military solutions to achieve it but Europe and America should work together to
bring democracy to places denied it.

He balanced his warning to the Americans by telling Europe that it was not
sensible to ridicule US arguments or parody their political leaders.

Mr Blair hinted that he understood the difficulties, even before M Chiracs
intervention. He said that Britains role could be a bridge, a pivot or even a
damn high wire.

M Chirac, whose visit to Britain concludes the Entente Cordiale anniversary
celebrations, said: I am not sure, with America as it is these days, that it
would be easy for someone, even the British, to be an honest broker.

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